Once I have significantly more, I think would go ahead and just pay cash for an investment property or fully fund a flip for an investor. 

But I agree, for those who want to get ahead quicker, the more active you are the better off you typically will be in the long run.

We don't know if they are legitimate since you didn't share the complaints.Then if the complaints are unfounded, I would try and get Airbnb to remove them.I think you should open a case with Airbnb now to get ahead of this. 

Journalism is extinct, it is, we now have media marketers who just pump out BS to get clicks, views etc and at best, pump a narrative vs click baiting. 

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

(click to enlarge)Bottom LineEvaluate the property based on whether it will enable you to achieve financial freedom.

From there it's point and click categorizing and tagging of income/expenses to their respective properties. 

So just like the youtube videos you can pay a lot of money for their training and you're probably not really that much further ahead to invest in your local market.If you tell us where you are or where you want to invest, we can perhaps point you to some better resources. 

I would probably just go ahead and do this now so you know and stop guessing.... 

I've clicked the link at the bottom of the emails but the link doesn't work and so there is no way to opt out of their many emails.