There were issues syncing the reservation calendar, and it is nearly impossible to reach a customer support representative with Booking.com as an individual STR owner.

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.

Although the Burnt Store areas are seeing somewhat sustainable demand for owner-occupied properties, we're currently still not seeing enough support for activities that would draw tourism into that area.

In the years that I've represented primarily BUYERS, I find that there has been challenges navigating transactions where the seller is a For-Sale-By-Owner (FSBO) AND inexperienced in handling a real estate transaction.

@Chris SeveneyYou have to know why the owner wants to sale.

@Kevin Rodriguezif you take out an owner occupant loan, then you do; talk to your loan officer for more details.

It is easy to get upset as an owner, but cooler-heads are better.

I'm considering a major reno owner/occupied triplex in the Irish Channel, great walkability. 

No, just inform them you are the new owner (they may want proof) and provide them with the address to send payments. 

This is a recent decision where a title insurer denied coverage to an insured owner who had been named in a suit to rescind the deed into the insured.