However you pay for the convenience of getting fast cash and most are not credit score driven.

You stated this was done for your convenience and obviously not for the tenant's.

The pool will be added to by people who can qualify for a loan but for various reasons don't want to 'gamble' on homeownership.Demographics, location, employment opportunities and amenities will all play increasingly important roles to these people.It's an interesting new market for investors but with the same old caveat: that sucker better cash flow.

Direct flights are plentiful and cheap from LAX but I prefer the convenience of going out of the SLO airport.

For now I'm using Excel too, clear and convenient since I have multiple tenants. 

Still, the company is recommending tenting and fumigation of the entire house - at my convenience.

I know a Saudi who runs a convenience store.

We will use it as STR to cash flow more, but may convert to LTR later, depending on convenience.

Finally got to an actual person and conveniently her computer is down and she gave me the impression she was in a hurry to get rid of me.

You also rarely find value add / opportunistic growth trajectories in REITs.Ultimately private real estate tends to offer more in terms of yield and total return but the convenience and liquidity of REITs can be useful in their own right.