A few hosts include a disclaimer about it on the listing - one said it was a "working class neighborhood", haha. 

save up for the downpayment, meet, learn from and court lenders, analyze the continual stream of properties coming on and off the market, start building your support network which you'll rely on when hosting, and you'll know when the time is right.

Even though we have previously rented out two of our primary residents, with a whole host of ups and downs, going through this process has been totally new in so many ways.  

If you want to check out the investor meetup I host it's posted in the events under Investor 101. 

However, we have 2 more units coming online in January and feel like these transactions could get tedious and might be more efficient if sent in bulk.Question for more experienced hosts who have scaled up...If you work with a cleaning company that provides these services, how frequently are you paying them? 

I was attending the one that Stephanie Salanik was hosting. 

Hi,I recently stumbled upon Opendoor and also visited one home that was hosted by opendoor.

However I have it hosted online through something called Rightworks.

@Alana Favre-Rice I believe the co-host if the biggerpockets podcast ( @Davidgreen) is a broker in the same area.

Other VRBO/Airbnb HOSTS seem to make some of our WORST guests.