I may be able to shed some light on what they provide.

@Lutfi Kadd If this is someone youve never worked with before I think you should probably start with a traditional, you pay them for the work they do type of relationship.

Stay as far away from a traditional 4-year university as possible.

Quality, length of rental, management, please share experience and suggest if its good to go with them or stick to traditional/local property manager with 7-10% fee for same.

This is a real issue and I would love someone out there to possibly help shed some light. 

Like a 600SF AirBnB rental in its place just to qualify for a traditional mortgage.

@Yashar Fred most traditional rental investors that I know here in San Antonio are getting just over neutral cash flow in year one, when choosing areas where they expect strong rent growth and appreciation.

I have a client in Maryland who finally saw the light.. 

short term rentals are not only vacation homes, nurses, workers, consultants, family, etc. all use short term rentals in traditionally non vacation markets

Their parameters for qualification are totally different from traditional property investment loans.