I now go in person every 2-3 months with my own checklist that is extremely exhaustive (2 lamps per room, 2 pillows per bed, outlets in good condition, mirror in each bedroom, bed not wobbly, curtains not wobbly, curtains cleaned etc. etc. etc.)The benefit of getproperly is you sync it to your calendars with ical, then you invite your cleaners to it, then you create a checklist, their checklists can require a photo per item as well.

A person acts very differently when their money is on the line rather than an insurance company's money.

They can still be the "bad guy" in this one as I've exhausted being nice and firm with mom.  

@Mike Rutherford : You should look at this link, they have an exhausted list of providers.BP SDIRA (List of Providers)I hope that will give you an idea.

They become more of an intermediary than an agent.

Before you have the property under contract, you have nothing other than an idea. 

That guy in the video looked exhausted!

What would be the best way to continue to invest through syndication once you’ve exhausted the funds you had in the first deal in your opinion?

I can understand your point, Michael, but when you come home aching all over for weeks on end every summer, seven days a week because you had to use all the sunlight there was in the day, and the physical exhaustion shuts down your brain no matter how much you wish you could keep thinking, I don't think it's quite the same thing. 

Personally, I'd rather be in a destination recreational STR (ideally non-seasonal) than an urban STR during a recession.