(It also does a ton more in terms of management and automated communications, but that is a different discussion).

While I manage for a few of my clients, most I set them up with the tools to automate things and they are able to run it without issue.

It's one metric but still an automated one, only used a secondary source for pricing.

Check out Airbnb Automated channel on YouTube, Sean has a ton of content to help you be a better operator. 

An ATM fund is a fund that purchases ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) and places them in large retail facilities across the country from preexisting contracts. 

There are many ways to find deals.Some are better than others, and some are simply the best, yet there are some advantages and drawbacks to all.A lot of thought goes into strategic lead generation and this is where there is a huge continuous debate going on which lead generation method is the best.You can focus your effort into just blindly getting leads where you continuously have to do the work and/or pay money to stay in business, or you can focus on doing the legwork now and set up your automated lead generating machine so you continuously and automatically get leads whether you do the work  or not.Most investors do not have the patience or foresight to realize  that lead generation is something that takes finesse, technology, systems and opt for  always grinding  as long as they see something happening (which is not the same as "seeing results".That said,  your question  should not be  "what are some ways to get deals".Your question is how do I set up a lead generation system that will provide me with continuous deals and make money from these deals.You cna do door knocking to find deals, you coul dput up bandit signs to find deals right?

So, I suppose I could say I would be an investor and operator (but outsource/automate as much of the day-to-day operations as possible). 

Here are thee tools I use:IGMS for communication with guests and automation of communication (free for 1 property)PriceLabs for organizing min stays on what days and for far out bookings as well as dynamic pricing ($20/ mo)Remote lock for my automated keyless entry front door ($6/ mo).

I was just curious if anybody has any templates they'd be willing to share for the automated messages that you send when guests inquire, they book, a week before check-in, etc...

It takes ten seconds to click the button to send out the automated email to client.