Instant equity just seems to save everyone in the deal.

Instant equity and upside How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

It seems to me that whenever I get a message or booking from a VRBO guest, it takes it a little while to show up in HostTools whereas airbnb bookings seem to be instant.  

They want to pick up the phone and call or text and get an instant response from their cleaners.

A lot depends on your entry price and instant equity. 

Having that instant connection with prospects is a definite advantage.

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Almost an impossible way to “get started” as you’re going to need full purchase price in cash on hand or a HML willing to instantly fund you. 

I assume a higher upfront cost as far as land purchase and the actual build but you would have a brand new house, instant equity and hopefully maintenance free for quite a while.

Far more than most real estate acitivies and much quicker think about it.. you sell the same info over and over and get paid instantly you have no roofs to fix no tenants to manage etc etc.. you do have reputation management of course.