A great place to start when using the platform is the search button - here you can look up any keywords, topics, and areas of interest to read up on what has been discussed in the past. 

There's wealth of resources and knowledge on the platform.

I recently discovered this platform and my wife and I are looking to purchase our first rental property?

Start using a platform like Turno or another system that your cleaner can upload photos with a date and time attached to the file, after each turnover.

I am still running the show for FlipperForce and will continue to be heavily involved in working on the product vision.By joining Fund That Flip which is a leading nationwide lender for real estate deals we will have more resources to invest in our software platform and improve our product and services for our customers. 

Co-Star is an amazing platform for data, but it is costly.

From most OOS investors I am speaking to this is where most of the attention is, so be prepared for competition - seems that this forum was revived from the dead but to answer the original question with a few practices you can manage the air-bnb yourself to get higher occupancy, I would recommend educating yourself on tricks for the platform those will make the biggest difference - definitely helps having someone take care of your air-bnb account and for completely hands off investing do that but just previewing/welcoming who comes in can be done remotely in a professional manner I have seen it done in multiple states. 

This platform is a great way to share strategies, perspectives, and insights.

Even with stocks, there is "full service" where you call a broker to sell the stock for you instead of selling it yourself through a platform.

Explore other rental platforms besides Zillow and consider social media marketing or yard signs.