The seller can supply everything they used to market, pictures, ad copy, etc., but they cannot sell their AirBnB account to another person.

Your insurer could recommend one or you can check Google (and, of course, the reviews).

For example:Second, under their "About us" link, click on "Management" and you'll see a "Meet the Team" page where there's the following photo/info for this James LaPushner fellow you mentioned (which says he was born in New Zealand):However, if you do a reverse Google image search on this photo, you'll find that it's posted on several other sites, including this one: https://planetaseminarov.ru/people/konstantin-baksht.htmlHere's a photo of him from this page:This page is written in Russian, but if you translate it, it says his name is Konstantin Baksht, he lives in Moscow Russia, and he is the owner and CEO of the international consulting company Baksht Consulting Group. 

By nickel and dime-ing it I did not mean we were buying cheap or low quality properties, I meant we were adding properties as they became available in neighborhoods where we were already invested.

Quality over quantity is a ridiculously underrated point on here, despite some of us stating this ad nauseum. 

We recently looked at a property outside our agents area (2 states away) and found a fee that was added which we questioned and were told it was a mistake and was removed . . . not sure if it was a mistake but be sure to read these new contracts BEFORE signing as things have changed since August.

The last two provide the added benefit of providing you access to liquid cash. 

It involves much more than collecting rent or throwing up a Craigslist ad every blue moon.

We discovered the previous owner had dementia which explained most of the work we needed to do, Our short-term is improving that unit to rental standard, not necessarily adding property value as he and I are still drawing floor plans for Long term.Thank you!!!

You mentioned the following: "Take a look at what markets you are planning on starting in and make sure it is a growing market where the appreciation is obvious (emphasis added)."