Quote from @Angela A.: I have a condo as a rental with minimal loan balance in San Diego. 

@Pat Lulewicz, @Vivian Yip, @Stephanie Walker, @Bhargav Hirapara, @Warren Powers, This is all great advice everyone, thank you for sharing your experiences and also the realities.

Let's say Person B sticks a travel size deodorant down your toilet and floods the residence while Person A is traveling for work.

They'll just say stuff like "thank for your patience" and "I'm looking into this" and even "I hope we are still connected" (as if they wouldn't know if we're connected or not) over and over again, and if you don't reply to each little statement, it'll kick you out of the chat.Nevermind the god-awful website/interface, the forced AI descriptions they keep trying to implement, the lack of any kind of damage protection without forcing the guest to buy into it. 

So the power is really in the fact that it is a heloc/checking account combo.

I believe in the power of community and learning from each other's experiences.

I am worried about cutting off the power and then there be mold grow as we are in Alabama.

Taking the bookings directly can net you more money, take power away from the platforms to issue refunds, and protect you from other platform issues.Once you are set up with the site I recommend making a new forum post about ideas how to increase your conversions. 

And then an actual message comes through. 2 weeks after check out they wanted to let us know about some spider webs, a microwave built-in that was too high (based on preference), a power strip with loose wire connection and several other items that they never let us know about during their stay.

I found out from googling what a HELOC was so I took one out to get more funds to up my purchase power and jumped into a 3 family.