Local and state laws are changing on the daily so I think that the right Property Manager really helps with that but hiring a PM or self managing is always a personal call.

CrimeIndexer.com has a map of total crime volume and a map of crime density adjusted for population.

You’re missing out on tens of millions of people who visit these sites daily.

Make super aggressive offers with a low success rate but focus on volume and gathering key data about seller motivation to better increase chances of success. 5.

Mindset, daily discipline, refusal to give up, and having the life (healthy marriage, kids and self) you want is much more difficult in practice and often requires a teachers. :)Joe Fairless, Rod Khleif, Michael Blank (in no particular order).

I also learned of landlords (at least in one case) that are getting HARMED by high volumes of text spams and calls from investors.  

There are some good PMs, but taking 10-20% off the top would make it break even at best.Here is our place - https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/606577680390071886The 'blah' places are NOT doing well and there is downward pressure on avg daily rate, but with a high occupancy rate it is fine. 

I upped the daily rate a bit to make up for it.

I have over 70,000 vehicles pass by daily.

During this period bids are reviewed and considered on a daily basis.