Instead offer to share your expertise, perhaps to host a panel discussion or answer some questions related to your trade.

We just had one this week via Zoom, and I'm hoping for a bit more regularity as we all have some extra time on our hands now!

We work within Indianapolis with OOS investors regularly - it can be done!

I am an Airbnb host, but am not looking to offload.

The more regularly this happens, the more it is reflected on a macro level throughout the market.

Do they regularly keep in touch with case studies about fellow clients and do's and don't s ?

This may be why they want or need to be separate accounts.As the management company though, you should be able to specify what you are paying for regularly/monthly in your management agreement ( debt service, utilities, insurance, taxes, etc. ). 

FYI my market would be Miami and I’ve already been pre-approved from my lender.My first option is buying an investment property, I’m very interested in the BRRR method, either as section 8 or regular rental property.

From there, if its truly a duplex (2 units on 1 parcel) then you should be able to get regular conventional financing.

A player in the STR field (not on BP that I’m aware of) has spent “hours in the recent weeks creating a survival guide for STR hosts” on surviving the Covid-19.