I’m not saying cold calling never works.If you’re established, have capital, or are hiring callers — that’s a different conversation.But if you’re brand new and trying to bootstrap everything for free, I think this mindset holds people back more than it helps.In my own experience, the biggest results came when I focused on:One lead sourceGetting better at real conversationsImproving follow-up and closing skillsThe method mattered less than the skill.Learning how to talk to sellers and solve problems created momentum — not grinding for the sake of grinding.Struggle doesn’t automatically make you better.Sometimes it just makes success take longer.Curious where others land on this.If you’re newer:What lead source helped you gain traction fastest?

Hey everyone , I'm just doing some yearly cleaning and realizing I'm paying $400 a year for BP and the only thing i still use from when i signed up is rent redi. that's $140 a year. so I'm trying to cancel membership BUT I don't see anything to cancel just change plans or update payment method.

To reduce your risk of audit, you want to be sure the company you select uses the IRS' preferred method, engineering-based.

A security deposit does not cover much on broken leases and the costs associated with re-marketing and re letting rentals.

Or you cannot withhold security deposit and may owe additional penalties if the tenant raises complaint.

As a PM I offer $1500 in coverage for my owners for each stay, this is in lieu of collective security deposits which is a hassle at scale.If I were you for direct bookings I would have a guest agreement, ID verification, and security deposit.How do you conduct the ID Verification on your direct site ?

You do not want to be dealing with rats, tenant move outs, security deposits, and interpretations of the law.

Financial distress: late on mortgage, behind several months, back taxes, etc.You are a problem solver for these situations.Whatever method you use to find these people, stick to it, stick to the same method for at LEAST 6 months.

The big takeaway is that the IRS is clearly buying time on SECURE 2.0 implementation, which helps reduce rollover friction but also puts more responsibility on investors to be intentional during the transition.On the alternative asset side, the opportunity isn’t about chasing complexity or “private equity” as a label.

Just release the security deposit.