This enabled me to buy a single family residence 1 year later and then rent out the 4th unit which then paid for both of my mortgages.

I'm sure we'll see more shifting after Aug 1.Major players in the STR property management sphere have begun shutting their doors or shifting their business model away from STRs. 

I currently use an Excel spreadsheet with filtered columns to isolate the buyers that best fit the deal, then the macro-enabled spreadsheet saves the filtered data for mail merge import to Microsoft Word.

The players change when you get to about 16 units or so.

@Don Harris  sometimes you just have to pester the better players until one day they wake up and they realize they are losing deals and they look at it as opportunity costs.

I backed out of the STR market when I saw how volatile and uncontrollable the situation could get in the hands of the city council that favored the big time players.  

Then potentially which I haven't given so much thought to, I can create a mastermind type of off-season program limited to a select amount of players where I can set up a weekly routines and scale their progress.

This could enable you to refinance with DSCR without needing to provide additional equity, since the new appraised value would likely give you at least 20% equity.

Major players and funds that have 8-10 figures to play with such as GNR (aka Philadelphia Lotus) have poured countless dollars acquiring inventory, likely banking on the continued appreciation married with an impressive S8 portfolio.

Players like Aaron Donal, Von Miller, and Leonard Floyd were instrumental in keeping the home front safe, which enabled the offensive team to advance toward victory.