Nice to see another person from Hawaii on this platform that has taught me so much, I was featured on show 668.

Build a team-Get a property manager to handle the daily stuff,and maybe even a local handyman in your chosen state.Use online platforms for rent payments, maintenance requests, and communication.Touch base with your property and team, build relationships with tenants.

The city wants to limit "abuse" of the STR platform.

@Bruce Lynn sorry you have to go through this but very grateful for this platform to hopefully get you some answers and help educate the rest of us at the same time!  

They try to string us along for a few questions before attempting to take the reservation off platform by having us email them.

You are limited to small counties or less popular cities on the middle of nowhere. 

Here are 3 recommendations that I think are helpful for new members of the platform:1.

Effectively, this wipes out every penny I made from ALL of the investments on their platforms over the past 2 years.Of course there is risk. 

They work directly with agents and should have a good sense of which areas in town are "most popular" for placing residents and which aren't.

But, isn't Yale University more popular since its one of the Ivy League?