Cook: Quote from @Marty Martin: Yes, I also filed a formal police report which was needed for the Fraud reports with the FTC and FBI.

Is it a small enough amount of money and do you trust them enough that you could pay a month in advance by mail?

I am happy to provide any and all detail and more so...if you are in the austin/cedar park Texas area and are looking to partner and you have experience in this area...I am all ears.Thank you in advance to all that replied! 

Banks do not tell you when they report your transactions as suspicious to the government.Many transactions over about $9500 ($10,000 is a soft cutoff. 

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I wouldn't worry too much about it, if you have a competent CPA or bookkeeper they should be able to review your books and within minutes have a strong grasp on who gets a 1099 (spoiler alert, not every contractor gets one, I'll be annoyed if I get one since I'm structured as an S corporation) and the amounts to report.1099 filings are usually a loss leader for us, so if you're working with a professional make sure you take advantage of them filing everything for you.

Been with them 8 years, they've never missed a payment and they give detailed quarterly status reports. 

an inspector will tell you everything wrong with a property, from the minor to the major. so if the inspection report finds a bunch of electrical issues, yes, you'd need an electrician to tell you whether they are $200 fixes or $2000. 

Next we utilize mysmartmove.com for background/credit report.

Guests treat those kinds of bookings differently than a STR vacation home.They are used to being able to cancel the booking 24 hours in advance and all sorts of other things that STRs like ours can't really accommodate.