Also you can get your real estate license at a discount through Premier Point Realty or Homestead Realty. 

The idea is intriguing, but online research has yielded conflicting opinions and "pay to play membership plans; can't get a straight answer whether this is legit or scam and not worth the front-end subscription payments.  

So don't discount it at all.Don't be impulsive, be calculated.

A CPA I knew who was a partner  in one of the largest international accounting firms was aways “straight up” in any advice he gave his clients.  

Not a straight answer but I hope these questions can help you find the answer for yourself!

Talk to my property manager about canceling the 2 bookings and offer the house to people that have been displaced and can pay thru FEMA assistance at a discounted rate.

We decided to price our down months more aggressively and start our discounting 3+ months out.

However, due to it being:1) In the state of California2) A shared home, rather than an outright external property being rented...the default insurance company on offer advised that many carriers are pulling out of CA and that I should go to a local insurance agency.My current insurance for home policy does not offer a "home-sharing endorsement" but only a separate renter's insurance, which would complicate things, since it's for traveling professionals, and they're not going to be booking for 12 straight months.

Monday came and I called her at the scheduled time and it went straight to voicemail. 

In Madison, and I assume your market, we have always had discount broker options to basically just get your listing on the MLS and not much else as well as sellers just exposing it to the market themselves off the MLS and hoping to maybe pay no buyer agent commission, where the buyers have no agent they are working with or the buyer agrees to pay their agent directly.