.: I see that my statement "I know they are lying" might have given you the impression that I am trying to maximize the return by taking advantage of them. 

How best can we connect collectively?

Stop and think about the difference between investing in either single family homes or multi-unit properties where you tenants stay an average of 2 years, you only need to collect the rents once every 30 days and maybe 1 or 2 times per year your tenant has some sort of maintenance issue like their water heater or garbage disposer goes on the blink.When you invest in airbnb's your cost to furnish them is higher, your cost to constantly rent them is higher, you may have 50 to 100 different tenants every year and you need to clean inside and outside every unit every time a guest leave.

My impression is that their mind is made up.

I was under the impression that multifamily properties expenses should be way down.

@Wesley Mullen unless those matched funds have some lengthy vesting period AND you know you wont be at the company to collect them, always take the match.

What is the best form of collecting rent from long distance tenants?

Rentometer simply collects data from user generated input and listings of rental data and surveys they conduct, so some of this data may be greatly fluctuating, because it pulls from landlords who only post on sites like zillow, zumper, etc.

Hi Everyone,I was helping a client find a rental in the metro west area outside Boston and I noticed real estate agents who owned and managed the units they are listing were charging a brokerage fee to the potential tenant (my client) to move in to their home.I thought this was weird because why would an agent want to collect a fee from their potential tenant on top of first, last & security.

@Marc Alexander rates are low so that will help... you are looking at the right numbers as well (I calculate mine with just debt, tax and insurance and only invest at a 33% return... knowing that my goal does not take into account vacancy or repairs so I come in below the 33% but always above the 20% mark you want to hit)Look for and buy fir cash flow... stay away from real crappy areas (like you can get great ROI in south side of chicago but you have to carry a gun to collect rents) and make sure tenants are “good” people....