He would at times conference call with other individuals on his team to increase his validity.  

And the truth be told, he can afford to do that at this point simply because his primary source of capital is from his $10k a ticket "hype-you-up" conferences, book sales, and his sales training programs.

It’s instantaneous.I use home warranties as my first line of defense against repairs.  

Your first layer of defense is screening  your applicants hard.

I attended a VRM Intel conference recently and someone pointed out that everyone in our area calls this thing 'nightly rental.'

I'd hope that in most markets, there are some landlord rep firms that are very active in networking, e.g. go to (and hit hard at) all the local and national ICSC conferences, other associations, etc.. 

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@Allen LiMark Kohler's book had a more "meaningful" message about it being an extra layer of defense. 

If you are employing all of those defenses that mitigates your risk regardless of your source of funds. 

They just had a 'State of the Market' conference last month and shared some very interesting information on growth.