They can give you access to off-market properties such as foreclosures and bank-owned properties.

You're going to have to do some blocking tackling to get there.

Are there less expensive ways to get access that are still effective? 

Without the address and access code I don't have to worry about that. 

I remember the tale about the neophyte stock market player who went to his mentor and said "I just bought a block [100 shares] of IBM."

Some areas allow for your investment mobile home to sit atop a pier and beam foundation, while others allow concrete block supports atop crushed rock.

Every county in every state seems to be a little different as far as what the county appraisers website will give you access to. 

This ensures you can access these docs from anywhere and if they originals get destroyed you have the digital copies.

Most of what they are asking is consistent with what I already do (I may have to change some of my timing) but boy, it makes me wonder what other hosts are doing out there that they have to make this a policy.Answering critical questionsYou must answer critical questions from guests in accordance with the timeline below:5+ days pre-stay: answer within 24 hours2 - 4 days pre-stay: answer within 12 hoursOn the guest’s check-in day and during their stay: answer within 1 hour (for messages received between 8 am and 9 pm in the property’s time zone).Access or Check-in instructionsYou must inform guests how to check in or access your property at least 72 hours before their scheduled check-in time.

After finally getting access (after closing), I discovered floor damage that should have been identified.