Find a cheap way to find sellers who need help, and then get busy serving them.

The cost to run is negligible as fuel is very cheap as well as manual labour and materials are also cheap and we grow as much of it as we can.

How BiggerPockets, @Alexandra Hughes Pailet, and @Katie Miller went with the flow as the weather threatened (and did) to disrupt all of our outdoor events, travel, and transportation.

Throw in a dose of imposter syndrome and fatalism and you have a recipe for some mood swings right before a property is booked again.From a practical point, I would recommend great photos, a clearly defined target to whom you are advertising and understanding the best pricing of an area really well to ake sure you get booked in a timely fashion.From a more meta perspective, be aware that these listings don't typically get booked well in advance (families displaced by flood or fire, traveling nurses who need a new contract ASAP, and construction projects that realize they need a speciality engineer on-site RIGHT NOW don't book ahead). 

Then go to the Lowe's outlet in Avon and get a cheap set for less than $500 total. 

I'm in Europe now and can't travel to Texas, is there a service that I can hire, someone unbiased who will go inspect the property for me?

You can buy duplexes relatively cheap here in Columbus, so they will cash flow great.

You may think it's cheap but the locals are probably horrified with prices.

I personally am in a college town and my target audience tends to be single travelers, and or couple(s) traveling to visit campus or visit their student at school.. so for me in my market the 1 bedroom / studio units are the best ROI in terms of occupancy and revenue per sqft, I believe. 3) I’d open up a convo with a few local hosts and see what their experiences have been and chat with them about their journey.

Furniture covers as I said, a couple of food and water bowls, a mat for those as well.We also have cheap towels we bought for around 2 bucks.