I understand that power of compounding interest and currently time is my biggest asset.

I think this presents an opportunity for those sites to differentiate themselves from hotel booking sites by adopting/encouraging an all-in price listing model, compounded by a marketing campaign really illustrating reason for fees & contrasting how traditional industry disguises them in their listings.

There definitely are 100% options out there but it gets harder and harder when that is compounded with a first timer as well.

At that point we bowed out of the program.When the tenants moved out (with no written notice of course..and no rent for that month) they claimed no damages,  ignoring the 24 bags of garbage, the three broken appliances, the broken furniture and the unplugged but still half filled chest freezer (gag) of food they left behind (poor people tend to save EVERYTHING even broken stuff).The irony of these poor folks with their adult daughters who appeared to produce children with anyone they dated and no one seemed to question six grand children with six different last names is that mom and dad were supposedly very active in their church. 

Might be a touch messy.Other thing is attic is open and rectangular,,,the ONLY thing in the road is the new roof support posts all in a straight line down both sides that support the mid roof and took the 4 inch bow out of it,,, last summers project. 

The faster you can eliminate the number of payments you make, the less it costs you in total.This is compounding in reverse.  

Let's say 10% compounded monthly, and guaranteed for 6 months.

It is easy to realize that the bigger home with more bathrooms, bedrooms, square footage will have a higher maintenance/cap ex expectation but what may be less obvious is that this will be compounded because in general class D tenants are harsher or SFR than class B tenants. 

My understanding is that a cash-out is basically a HELOC with a higher interest rate and interest that compounds more than a regular loan.

Compare that over 10 years - You've made (including compounding) an additional $175k ish of income that continues to work for you.