I desire to dismantle systemic racism that allow bad areas to stay bad).Anyways, this opportunity came up and it's a crap shoot but the downside is controlled and the numbers look REALLY good on the upside 

If you're running AirBnbs, you'll make that back in a few months, so the logic of "I'm saving myself $1000" doesn't actually make any sense to me whatsoever, because you're probably going to make some mistake that they cover in a course that'll cost you $10000 in the long-run.I'm not associated with the product mentioned in OP's post in any way whatsoever, but the way I look at it is this: a course = potential downside of $1k.

3 - Our goal is to build a Hospitality brand, I think we will have the backing for the different levels (homes, villas & resorts) but is there any upside/downside to that when it comes to STRs?

The downside is that there may be more turnover and vacancies.

I like to use pretty pictures in my executive summaries to prospective investors personally and show investors what the downside risks of your investment are as well as how you are mitigating them.  

Some downsides to LTRs in Japan are, generally, that rents decrease over time (rather than rise, like the US), and that the value of the property also decreases over time (no market appreciatin like in the US).  

The downside is we don’t get to charge higher rent for a new sewer line so keeping that cost down is the concern.

#Jordan Decuir the only real downside to an active selling broker is that they may be too busy or not available when you have questions, training, and/or if you are looking for a mentor in the business.  

Be prepared to discuss you deal, the upside, the downside, the risks and the rewards and your plans for how you can both benefit. 

The price per door, net migrations, rents, etc are all better in sunbelt but columbus is still a great market. florida still has a few small downsides.