.🧠 Competitive Alternatives:There are quite a few other players in this space — some examples include:Sonder (larger urban inventory, more institutional)Minty Living (focused on mid-term in select cities)The Guild, Blueground, Landing — mostly corporate housingLocal boutique operators or property managers offering revenue share or co-hosting modelsIf you're interested, I’ve structured creative leases with performance-based kickers, where base rent is guaranteed but additional upside is shared when occupancy or revenue exceeds certain benchmarks — a win-win for both parties.Happy to review their proposal or lease agreement with you if you’d like a second set of eyes.

We're witnessing the simultaneous breakdown of traditional financing mechanisms (extend-and-pretend ending), market pricing discovery (DSCR giving way to debt yield), and sector dynamics (office declining, industrial rising) while new players fill the void with different approaches to risk and control.The Fed's September decision becomes crucial not just for monetary policy but as a potential catalyst for unlocking the frozen $23 billion in CMBS maturities and broader market liquidity.

When you manage multiple properties, how do you manage the receipts/bills that you spend on each property?

That's the difference between the BRRRR and Flipping.I'm sure lots of us here play sports, or write fiction, or maybe do some acting, but have you ever met a pro at that trade and gone, wow, I have no idea what I am doing...I was a pretty decent basketball player in my late teens/early 20s. 

How aboutEarly Emily who asks about early-check in, is told we have a same-day turnover and need the full time between guests to get everything ready for her, and shows up early anyway.Trash Can Travis who cannot find the trash cans for the life of him, despite the printed instructions and information in the interactive guidebook that he's received twice before, and decided to leave trash bags in [the garage, the shed, on the porch, in the driveway]"Where's the Beach" Wendy who still decides that the neighbor's obviously private lakefront beach across the street from where she's staying must be the public community lakefront beach because it's the first one that she sees, despite instructions directing her to the short 4-minute walk down the street to the community beachfront, and the multiple signs, messages, and warnings about not trespassing on neighbors' yards

I'm ready for a host-led platform (beyond direct booking) that is more balanced and good for consumers to use as well (the needs do not have to be in competition) than the current players we have now- VRBO, AirBnb, etc.

However, the high saturation of investors and wholesalers is significantly compressing margins, leading to exceptionally tight spreads for active players.

Not sure their volume its certainly not like Kiavi or lima or one of the big players..

if you are raising 40 K from multiple investors, you are now talking about securities.

Ohio seems to have a similar market, so I just want to connect with investors, agents, and PMs all over Ohio since I’m ready to jump in.My goal is to buy multiple BRRRRs a month so if any experienced investors would share, I would love insights to avoid or target in regard to build ages, build types, build materials, etc.