Also, first thing, AirBNB is a platform where you list your Short Term Rental. 

  (2) Variable cost: platform fees from Airbnb and VRBO, lodging/hotel/transit or whatever pass-through tax your local AHJ requires, cleaning fee, cost of replacement for consumables, repair and maintenance, etc. 

I agree that the best way to make money is self manage your short term rental (not AirBNB, that is a platform).

The meters are read electronically with 3g and you get great reporting in their water scope platform.

Just work the platform.

I got into this by accident when i took a job via upwork as a VA  for Vontive and stated at interview  i could lower there costs and stress by automating there lead gen.I automated the lead gen and they didnt need 5 0f the 6 VAs they hired and we cut there costs by nearly 60%.Thats when i realised that you could automate even the cross platform data scraping.Then i got some extra clients from Upwork and now Im on here to help, offer the same and expand to others.going to the recorder office/courtYou only need to go to the physical building if thre is information on the documents that you need but cant view online.

I've tried a couple - truepeoplesearch, white-ages, property radar, leadsherpa, batch leads...Some services are better than others, but it is a numbers game and you also can cross check between different platforms.

Still, it is worth it.Think of FF as a lead generator and not a booking platform.

They are a platform that has no identity and doesn't really know what they are doing or who they are serving.

Isaiah, I would suggest starting out with doing some research on some of the available platforms like AirDNA.