Question is:  is there something/some ways to turn over the bad apples to rebuild its reputation; or should the local police be notified? 

Of course it’s up from 2018/2019, but that’s apples and oranges from what I’m talking about.

The question was - which should someone put money into - this is an unanswerable question because each person's situation is so different and these two products are, as others have said, comparing apples and oranges.  

Find out what is included in the price that you were quoted from each practitioner- because you may not be making an apples to apples comparison based on just the prices- although they might all be offering the same thing at different prices.Good Luck!

@Mark Miles I use Apple Pages for the printed guestbook I put into sheet protectors and combine with local maps/guides, then the free platform-based guidebooks on AirBnB/HomeAway/others for the digital versions. 

But it’s like going to the store and looking at the apple with a brown spot when all the other apples are Bright red and fresh

That being said, our two most recent buys are 9beds/3baths, where we bought with enough sqft to have a 1bed/1bath option to maximize those rents. but the other 8 still share 2 baths. you'll get some bad apples here and there but mostly people are just looking for cheapest rent where we don't require more than a $100 deposit.  

At this point now is all about apple to apple kinda thing. 

Apple Valley or Antelope Valley?

I find this metric easier to estimate "apples to apples" is a sense.