I work with Property Management in Houston but can recommend some great networking/educational events for you :) Check out Space City REI - there's monthly meetups with an educational speaker relating to real estate investing and there are plenty of Investors looking for Wholesalers out there! 

Amazing to hear you already have your first investment property under your belt in 5 months.  

My question is when we see the monthly statement on the management company’s portal, we don’t see the actual booking (from Airbnb or vrbo).

Whatever you do, don't focus on the monthly KPIs.  

Construction could take a year, with permits stretching up to 15 months, a timeline that’s still attractive given the return potential.For developers seeking even bigger returns, a lot split project might be the way to go.

.- The rents are usually $100-$200 higher than the average rental amount which can create a higher monthly cashflow.- Tenant takes care of most of the fixes and repairs for the property, except for large ticket items that should have been taken care of before the tenant occupied the property.

Is it true that marketing and advertising to find motivated sellers could be thousands of dollars a month?

Even with that, I can't promise you won't have major issues and possibly lose the property or your monthly income. 

I don’t see where a rental would make sense, so I’m trying to look at other options to cover the monthly payments until the market goes back up.  

I was just googling today and saw a BP podcast 1,000 episode, from about 6 months ago.Some of the poster taglines mention they were a guest on Podcast 2xx as an example.