Hospitable is great, but Hostfully and others have similar features. 

It is hosted by @Tyler Jahnke at Original Pattern Brewing.

It is not a secret Airbnb's interests are not aligned with hosts. 

Hosts a monthly Meetup.

If you are free on Thursday I am hosting a real estate meetup in Edina:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/1174307-twin...

Thanks for Visiting created a YouTube video on this to help hosts navigate the best way to operate 3 listings.Parent Child Listings for Airbnb Properties - How To Create They also have a podcast on this topic as well.Hope that helps!

Would take a leap of faith to invest out of state but David Greene's book (podcast host here on BP) on Out of State investing is a great book.

I have booked around 40 STR properties over the last 6 years and one of our rules is no new properties/hosts, we want to see the history from previous guests.

You might benefit from having a co-host to handle the reservations, guest communication, etc. but your onsite, long term PM can handle maintenance requests and other work that requires onsite management

Though I have not went through with either yet, I do see value in it and all the professional hosts speak very highly to its benefit in standing out... which is everything in STR.