Funny I was just invited to send in a $5k binder 10 minutes ago........ 

One is seminars...My first seminar I went was "free"... an hour presentation at a hotel where they 'invite' (or was it lure) you to a 3 day seminar for a couple of hundred bucks.  

I’d prefer less outsourcing on behalf of the banks and fewer web portals/ apps/ servicing companies because in my experience the more entities involved the more glitches, so adding a VA and another layer of software to the mix doesn’t sound inviting.

I began inviting them to online zoom meetings I would hold with brokers, agents and investors... friends I had made along the way, where we would just talk strategy, loan types, current market trends etc.

You can't compare the system to the time that the entire Airbnb's focus was inviting more hosts to the platform vs Airbnb is focusing on the customer experience era.

. - this is not an invitation to send me (or anyone else) deals based on my buy box. 

We understand some investors may not open or read the email invitations for these calls, so we have addressed a more effective process to ensure no investor is left without know about the monthly update calls.  

Invitation homes has I believe over 80,000.

To me, it's just inviting potential conflict that I don't want.

This may invite tenants who may negotiate the rent further down with you and you don't want to be put in that position either.