Create a dedicated website for your property to accept direct bookings.

It does not matter if they have house-hacked or not.Milwaukee has more duplxes than any other city in the US (including our friends in Chicago) and by default we sell a lot of dupxes, so I could probably write a book about house hacking, but the best advice I can give you is stop looking at listings and start interviewing agents.

In the Orlando, FL area, people are desperate for bookings and are trying to get guests in their house that sleeps 10 for $99 a night?

Like everyone said.Grab up @Avery Carl's first book - https://store.biggerpockets.com/products/short-term-rental-l...Then grab her next book which is available for pre-order - https://store.biggerpockets.com/products/smarter-short-term-...Seeing as you are new the STR business, these are great books to grab up and read.

I am considering purchasing pro and want to know if I will have access to the books for free.

Then you can read a more in-depth book like The Book On Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner or The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing by Spencer Strauss.

Filled with the basic information you can find in books and is very unorganized!

I just set up a Google Appointment Calendar to let clients book showings and meetings directly—really excited to see how that streamlines things.

Was there some book you read, some class or YT info you drew upon?

I realize this is a complex concern so just looking for general advice here based on the experiences of others.I would manage bookings and client communications aside from maybe an on call service for at night.