We intend to continue with the same business model. 

All of those are "part of doing business". 3 years, 7 Airbnbs and hundreds of guests later I'm still a proud host and a big fan of the mid-term / short-term model!

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This would be 2 days before he announced in his June 20th email (which I believe you have) that he was suspending payments to hundreds of investors because of financial problems.He did not disclose anywhere in the webinar (48 hours before the email) the difficulties that his business was experiencing which was laid out in the email 2 days later.

Go to the meet ups locally, hire an investor minded realtor, talk to multiple property managers.

I guess my real goal is to retire from the insurance business and become a full time RE investor.

I have a property that is located on a somewhat busy street.

The force you to come up w business name on the spot to do business cards and reserve website url for a website they host, for a url they own - if you leave, they own those digital assets.

The insurance agent I use is a local broker with Sentry and he runs a comparison for me every year.

Check out the local meetups in your area like this one.OCREIN - Learn How to Flip Homes in Less than One Hour (biggerpockets.com)Good Investing...