What are STR management companies using then? 

I have around 300k in a company stock account that does well with dividends, so don't really want to sell of shares.Would taking a personal loan or doing a margin loan make sense?

I follow the news for Philadelphia and it looks like the current mayor has no clue on how to attract companies back to Philly.

But number two is more telling; did the mentoring company have reason to believe that a majority of the people it sold its mentoring service to AND performed the suggested activities would most likely fail.

I'm a software engineer diving into the real estate world, currently working as a software engineer at a real estate company (just a coincidence), in my position as a software engineer I'm doing a lot of cool AI stuff, that gives me the ability to build and create tools for myself to find deals (maybe will share about it later).Currently, I've got one property in Toledo, Ohio, that's currently rented, and I just bought a new one in Cleveland.I'm here to soak up knowledge, connect with folks from all corners of the globe, and share what I can.

They tend to look for the things they would fix and if they're not a roofing contractor, it might've been overlooked (although this really is a head scratcher to me because it's pretty standard.)

Companies like Proper Insurance can be both your homeowners policy and STR commercial policy in one. 

v=vdL7edltXIAAriz AG alleges that major prop management companies all used the same company for data

I work in tech, at a software company however have a real estate bug.

You should inform the title company that you'll be assigning the deal to an end buyer, so they postpone the municipal/lien search but proceed with the title search to ensure there are no issues with the title.