As a resident, I feel the public opinion chips are stacked very heavily against non-resident AirBnB landlords.

I have drank the cool aid.

They are our boots on the ground and have lived in the area for over 10 years, so we rely heavily on them.  

When I returned from Afghanistan every apartment was heavily damaged, so I evicted everyone and fired my PM.

That weighs heavily on you debt to income ratio.

First walk through I found the house burned heavily in 1987 and rebuilt to new code minus some plumbing and kitchen (probate had no idea).

They will discount the note heavily though!

If you're going to make a go of it I recommend tackling it yourself and advertising as heavily as you can until you build your client base.  

I was heavily leaning toward Keller Williams because of their training and systems.

These people may even become relatively rich one day, but will never be able to sustain any lifestyle without going back to work eventually, because they did not create wealth.The speakers I have been listening to over the past couple weeks of my real estate course have all been heavily biased towards the realtor mentality, they have what I consider to be “the poor person's†mindset, as they see artificial caps on the amount of money a person could possibly make, and limit themselves to only doing what has been done before.