I always steer clear of Angie's List, Yelp, BP Vendor, Dave Ramsey Select Vendors, or any other service that charges the vendor for membership and then promotes the list to the public as if trust, excellence, and performance have ANYTHING to do with the list selection. 

Nowhere is wholesaling the attractive “lifestyle” promoted by people with something to sell you.  

Most very successful STRs seem to have direct booking options, they are opening their properties to the YouTube Airbnb influencers to get more publicity, they are creating regular content through their own social media channels, etc.  

Just get a regular hot tub, I promise it'll much cheaper than a lawsuit. 

So doing this stuff is VERY ineffective and a bad use of time UNLESS you are like me and helping others is a life purpose for you.Also check their social media, if all you see is them promoting their guru programs, then you know THAT is all they are.

Thank you to the many experts already named on this thread, and many more besides, who respond on a regular basis to the questions asked by new investors!

When I do my own units, should I charge a really low price to my own property to make it self sufficient as it would then cover its own expenses, or should I charge the regular full price for cleaning and pay myself the entire cost for cleaning to boost my income?

I preach about this regularly to people looking to invest in Texas and San Antonio ore specifically.

We had jobs there and we took summer classes to lighten the load of the regular semester.

Here in DFW we have an amazing network so our club also holds in person events regularly.