For wealth generation to me its all about appreciation organic or forced.

I’m active duty Air Force with four properties.

Investor Consequences: Deferred Maintenance: Reduced rental income might force some investors to cut back on repairs, leading to property deterioration over time.

Has anyone had experience with this issue and know a way to get a good insurance policy that doesn't cost an arm and a leg? 

You still can’t really force them to close but at least you can keep their EMD.  

This is what me and my team specialize in.The benefit to this is you're generally forcing some value to create equity.

We have perfect feedback and Premier Host, and allow Instant book, but do not have a liberal cancellation policy and have some rules in place (4 day minimums, for example) and are not fighting the cheapo battle, and we tend to get somewhat buried in the search rankings.One of the things that really burns my *** about VRBO is that they allow the property owner to self select the type of property that it is rather than forcing it into where it belongs.

Nobody is forcing people to buy them.

But obviously, we have spent the better part of 20 years on the buyer's side of the table, so we are looking for some general advice, tips/tricks, or even the pitfalls of setting up a hard money lending arm to augment our current business model. 

This includes you possibly being forced to pay them back for all the rent they had paid.