But then, my actual cabin was listed as a comp with 79% occupancy, which is very accurate, albeit the nightly rate was about 15% too high.Like most of these services, they don't do a good job distinguishing between owner stays and guest stays, my property included

Ultimately, your LLC isn't the entity ensuring that your property is safe for guests; that responsibility falls to you and/or your management company. 

S Corp status comes with a deduction and then the VIE will bring on the deeper deduction, as long as you have the structure in place

We should have a great group there discussing how to obtain Real Estate Professional Status by an accountant! 

VRBO:  "Build trust with your guests by lowering your nightly price." 

But ignoring the safety of your guests could cost you everything that you own. 

And the one tenant that is paying is gold.

Utility bills can increase significantly if guests stay for months during hot summers or cold winters.

Uniqueness needed to survive here unless you have returning guests

So there are a lot of options - if you have good tenants, they will appreciate it & if you have bad ones, they wouldn't care if you gave them a gold-plated  . . . anything.