Get listed on all the OTA’s and a direct booking site, use good management software like HostAway, use dynamic pricing software like pricelabs, use WiFi enabled smart locks like Schlage encode, use an email capture system for guests to login to WiFi like stayfi, use those captured emails to do marketing for your direct booking site, and automate scheduling and payments for cleaners and maintenance.

Easy for guests to change if they get full during their stay, and easy for cleaners afterwards....

If heat goes out in the winter we drop off several units, so they can be placed in different parts of the house - including every room with water like kitchen and bathrooms.We also have dehumidifiers, carpet blowers, shop vacs, puddle-sucker pumps, extra hoses, extra sump pumps with battery pack, squeegees, and portable AC units ready to deploy. 

Find a cleaner and a few good handy men or tradespeople. 

I've been called to the carpet now on a DOS clause and its not as scary as people make it out to be.  

Hire a cleaner.

There are some dogs that just have to be on the couch so these cut way down on dog hairs.We provide dog bowls for water and food along with an absorbent mat.Last up we have a small Bissel hand cleaner for accidents.

If your cleaner forgets to leave one out for the next guest then they could leave a bad review because they were expecting it. 

Use sheet vinyl or luxury vinyl tilePlease don’t use snap together laminate or carpet.

You don’t want to manage passwords, have guests making purchases against your account, have your account locked out, or explain to your cleaner how to find the % character on a 9 button TV remote do you?