There's a copycat website like theirs, with same info but "differen"t, and using stock photos for their team members profile pic, changing the names of the team members slightly...

With no renovations needed, we took it straight to resale and sold for $170,000 on the same day.

But they confirmed a lease was signed on May 14, with the lease term beginning on June 1 — the same day the tenant plans to move in.

Its been a flat market for over three years with stagnant rents, at the same time taxes, insurance and everything else real estate investing has become more expensive in my city (Phoenix).

You don't really talk to guests very much anyway.You can set age parameters on the Apps, so no worries there I also set other rules like: no last minute/same day bookings allowed, no stays less that 2 nights, must have positive prior reviews, 'Instant Book' is on.....

I was surprised, however, to find that the "cashflow" it presents is a simple Net Operating Income (NOI) minus mortgage payments-  an incomplete and wholly inadequate formula.So I've just taken to subtracting the other expenses, which are on the same page, in order to come to a more accurate result.

This is the same story for I would guess to be around 50 - 100 investors (maybe even more) who worked with them to build homes in Cape Coral, Florida.

This sounds harsh but by the end of 2025 I just wouldn't surprised if 80% (or really just the majority in general) of real estate agents active today are taken out of the business.It's not because of the market, it's because of lack of adaptation.I've been through the licensing process myself and honestly, it didn't teach a dang thing about how to be successful.It didn't teach marketing, follow up, sales, nothing.It just taught how to stay out of jail and paperwork.You MUST adapt to the market if you're going to survive.You cannot solve a problem with the same consciousness that created it.You must see the world anew.

I have 1 friends that also want to do the same. 

After I posted a 10-day notice, one of them finally reached out and told me he had been laid off.