Focus on tenant screening, building a local team, and learning as much as you can, starting early sets you up for long-term success!

It's difficult to see how a tenant will be after screened and signing a lease.

They have help pages and support.Airbnb has a multitude of problems, including their extenuating circumstances auto refund to guest.Booking.com help I find very useful.

The screening process plays a big role in the odds of collection.

In the spring you can list it for market rate and have better marketing/screening strategies in place.HOW TO SCREEN APPLICANTSI recommend you include some of your key qualification criteria in the advertisement.

Any rational landlord will double or triple their screening efforts because nobody wants to accidentally put a deadbeat in their property. 

Close to a cool little town, close to an area attraction, etc....Also do a search here and see how to screen guests, in addition to what the hosting sites do.... like no last minute bookings, no short stays....

But, they have ZERO liability for the performance of that tenant.Second, 97%+ have no idea on how to screen a tenant, other than income = 3x rent and a credit score.

Hi, Jaycee The deal makes sense for me after accounting for all expenses including vacancy, cap ex, and repairs.

This is something their screening probably would have caught, or their system would have a legal procedure to deal with it.