This negative position can consume years of cash flow to recover.

I learned the hard way that corporate America is not on the consumer’s side.

Equity Skimming, Bank Fraud, Wire Fraud, Consumer protection ACT.I find your questions fascinating.You should read this, it should answer all of your "over the line questions"https://www.azag.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/CV2025-008402%20State%20of%20Arizona%20v.%20Cameron%20Jones%20et%20al%20FILED%20%281%29.pdf. 

KC market there are still tons of old houses that can be bought and rehabbed that will go on forever basically.. and plenty of land to build new. 

No, I first just applied my theory to my listings and the ones I have applied it to have gotten a LOT of bookings in a short amount of time.I will have to see if I can go back and look at views for my properties from before summer, summer, post summer and post my changes.For those curious, I am taking the mindset of "If I was Airbnb and I wanted a consumer 1st approach, what would I want the algorithm to reward..."

They've been around forever.

These items won’t last forever.

@James Jordan HouseHacking was, is, & likely will forever be the #1 to get started, so you're on the right track there in my opinion!

This caused a historically unique opportunity for investors - they could buy Class A properties and immediately cashflow when renting them out.This couldn't last forever, and it didn't, as excited new investors drove up prices.

This caused a historically unique opportunity for investors - they could buy Class A properties and immediately cashflow when renting them out.This couldn't last forever, and it didn't, as excited new investors drove up prices.