Particularly for your first few properties, I'd highly recommend that you manage the property yourself (if possible), but that's usually only possible (or most effective) if you live near the property or visit it frequently.

Total waste of my time and his.  

My PM has decided to pay for guest damage rather than waste time and effort trying to collect from Airbnb.

Seriously, all I can tell you is this:Showing you screenshots, and a ton of leads from my website is a direct indication of the effectiveness of what I am telling you. 

Stessa is not perfect but I like the capability, love the %5 interest rate on my associate account and have found the support honest and effective.  

Ben Franklin used similar advice to turn an enemy into a friend (although his was asking to borrow a book).There are some caveats here, you cannot be wasting time thus you need to demonstrate that you are taking action. 

Can you speak on how you source granite slabs cost effectively?

If it won't have any effect then don't do it. 

TIAHi Dawn, regarding your occupancy, with in effective dynamic pricing policy, you should still be able to beat the market while weeding out “bad” guests. 

This would be a waste of everyone's time and money.