They were founded in Oregon (primarily on the Coast) and have grown rapidly into a unicorn public company as the largest vacation rental PM in the world* for vacation rental owners.

I am self employed and run a trucking company so I write off my income to pay as little tax as possible.

(I'm able to get into this thing for only 10K the cash on cash return is absurd from 37-56% (depending on closing paid and points I pay, its an 8% Cap, 350-450 cash flow (after variable expenses + depending on final rate) Brand new.. seems like a decent first step but the functionality..

You'll make more money if you invest in the stocks of the best companies but, when the market goes down, you'll generally still lose money because the stocks of the best companies will go down too.I could write a book about this but hopefully I already gave you enough food for thought.

@Jonathan Page you could work for a property management company?

I am not local and need a good property management company to help me out.  

Multiple, billion dollar companies are investing substantial amounts of money into our area, such as Intel, Google, and Amazon.

Most property management companies will offer to place tenants for you for half of the first month's rent, so going forward if you decide you don't want to do this yourself that is one task you can hire out.If you want to know more, this is a great article that explains how to decline an application and has a sample rejection letter:https://www.apartments.com/rental-manager/resources/screenin...

There are a decent amount of regulations associated with lending other people's money.. decided not to get involved.

But the difference is with a REIT, you own shares in a company holding many assets, and they are liquid.