I think when you hire a PM you have 3 choices 1)  A very small local provider (<15 units) and they tend to me 1-2 person operations, they are the one unclogging toilets, answering guests, etc and it is tough to do everything, so things lack. 2) A large/nationwide provider where you are only a number and they usually lack local resources 3) A mid size local provider who have resources and you are not just a number.Through effective revenue management with a revenue manager, and being listed on 15+ sites including Marriott Homes & Villas, JetBlue and Allegiant Airlines, Hyatt and Amex Travel (coming soon) we are bringing in more revenue than most can self managing, offsetting our fee.One of the top questions I tell people to ask their manager is the fees, who keeps them? 

I looked at buying a duplex in Sacramento and doing a long term rental and STR/MTR on the other side to travel nurses/business people.  

Our property manager aims for getting the work-from-homers, traveling nurses, etc vs going after the vacationers and it's doing well to the point of we don't get to use it as much as we would like!

I had to travel to Punta Cana last year and, because of the pandemic, I thought it was safer to stay at Club Med.

They need to make before they lose money or even worth marketing the asset for youI don’t believe at all this is like McDonald’s, it’s more like calling an electrician to change a light bulb, there will be a travel charge // min charge for someone to come do a specific job.

Currently I am house hacking as a mid-term landlord (list on Airbnb.. renting Jack and Jill upstairs in our home to traveling professionals) we are consistently booked and lots of inquiries.

I’m doing some digging and am aware of people who have used Traveler’s Insurance and USAA. 

For example, "hey wife, we just bought this property, let this be the travel fund.

We currently have a large group at our PF cabin and they trailered in a bunch of motorcycles.Maybe there is a motorcycle event this week?

Not having kids has advantages, for example, we travel every other month, but it would be nice to pass things on - like life skills and financial literacy.