I know there are many here that are willing to rationalize a bad deal into a good one, and end up with garbage,...but pretty garbage. 

Over time they have rationalized this maybe, and so when hearing about your goals they justify why they did not do or follow their pursuits.

Looking for a market that is in a landlord-friendly state, price below national average, high rent:price ration, has +ve population growth and ideally +ve wage growth as well.

He did such; the investors got a rational professional to contact and gained confidence that the trustee would obtain the best results possible.  

This could get ugly quickly, so let's hope for rational guests and, hopefully, Airbnb rethinks this if it becomes an issue. 

I find most agents can rationalize that and of course buyers will think thats a great fee for their agent really depends on market and how sales are going in Hot selles market you negotiate lower fee in Hot buyers market it goes the other way.as for the OP on a 200k house 1% is rediculous for most agents but I am sure there will some that are good with it..

These people usually have anger issues, and lack any ability to think rationally.  

This is one of the most rational, experience-based breakdowns of seller financing I’ve read on here.At Capable Capital, we use a nearly identical strategy, but scaled across dozens of moderately priced homes instead of retail centers or special-use buildings.We buy for cash, then sell the property on terms.

I think somebody who's already say a multimillionaire could rationally decide not to invest in C class stuff, making a conscious decision to sacrifice the much greater return for somewhat less work.

Why would any rational lender take significantly more risk for the same or lower returns than a bank would get with a fully qualified W2 borrower with a perfect credit score and documented DTI?