After the market crashed in 2008 we went on a buying spree from about 2009 until 2015/6 (buy & hold) until the numbers didn't make as much sense as the prices started creeping up again, rent prices were flat and many competitors started entering the marketplace.  

I would still screen the tenants just like any other one. 

So now when they travel to Paducah KY for their kids traveling sports tournament, they are searching out Airbnb's instead of the Hampton Inn, in a town no one thinks of as an Airbnb hotspot.For work travel I'll stay in a hotel, but for ANY and ALL family travel, there's no way I'm giving up having a separate room for each of my kids.My mountain market revenue is flat-ish to up, but that's because I took over management from a PM and was able to do a much better job, so it's hard to get a pulse on my local market.

Vetting and screening vendors, ensuring your vendors are licensed and insured, maintain all necessary permits and licenses, maintaining appropriate insurance,  requiring vendors to list the deed holder as additional insured, execute contracts with indemnification clauses, being an active owner or have a PM who is actively checking on your properties to ensure there are no premises liability issues or property conditions that could lead to claims.

With ocean views and community pool access walk right off the screened porch to the beautiful, pristine beaches of the Isle of Palms.

We also do all the integrations for you as far as your marketing tools (Cold calling dialers like CallTools, websites like Carrot for example) as well as provide great customer success training showing you and your team how to use the system.I'd be happy to do a screen share meeting to show you or anyone on the the thread around and see if its a fit for you at this point in time  

With ocean views and community pool access, you'll be able to walk right off the screened porch out to the beautiful, pristine beaches of the Isle of Palms.

He goes into detail on how to properly screen potential team members to find the best ones.All the best!

On a few occasions I negotiated a flat rate of $4000 because brought the buyer and just wanted them to do the paperwork.

It's best to start working for another PM and learning the ropes and liabilities around leasing, screening and maintenance.