I was selling mine retail.And your situation is not what the person posting here was talking about they are looking to buy a SFR.. not mutli million dollar multi's so its a little apples to Oranges.. we do have short memories  as we chatted about on another thread I know two syndicators personally that got wiped out in Texas multi family.. 

I kept getting recruited by recruiters working for Apple and Google.

Then compare apples to apples with bedroom count and inside pics.

I recognize comparing ratios of LTR and STR is comparing apples to oranges, but a property that was purchased for $375K had STR rent in 2019 of ~$160K (no matter that it is an apples to oranges comparison, the numbers make it clear this was a homerun purchase).Learn your options on how to acquire RE in CA for little out of pocket.BTW my initial protege I believe started in 2015. 

You're comparing apples to oranges.

Your partners can’t now whine that they overpaid, they had ample opportunity to seek other quotes.By seeking other quotes after the work has been done, they’re looking for a second bite at the apple.

lolif your comparing it to buying apple back in 19???

Philosophically there is so much to learn from the podcasts, but it is definitely necessary to try to compare apples to apples.  

Raise your screening criteria to weed out the bad apples in the future.

Do one task at a time in each app so you can compare apples to apples.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.