--reach out and thank them upon getting the booking and ask if they have any questions--send a "Welcome" email or automated message during the week prior to arrival--reach out the day after arrival to ask how everything was the first night and ask if there is anything that the property needs--reach out at the end of the stay (that morning or within 24 hours) and ask how everything was, anything to improve, anything to add to the house and then offer an incentive for returning guests.My 2 cents,Mike Absolutely stay in your place as Mike said.You will see things the cleaners will never let you know about.We stayed in our PF will putting up the Christmas decorations and found a cracked plastic shelf in the fridge. 

Which makes my answer, as opposed to yours, applicable.Especially since I qualified mine by adding "...unless she adds more real estate work"Your argument reminds my of an old joke:- Doctor, will I be able to play violin after this surgery?

Root intrusion is rare with plastic pipe because that means a crack that's going to admit soil as well and eventually bust completely, so if you have roots in PVC you might as well plan to excavate.

Some younger renters may seek out a newer plastic place with lots of MDF.

He doesn't know anything about brain surgery.

Next steps are to put down a roll of plastic to prevent moisture or wet floors. 

The faux wood home depot ones hold up better than the cheap plastic ones.

I HATE plastic shower stalls and put in steel tubs with tiled surrounds. 

We spent weeks in different towns to be with her while she was having, and recovering from surgery.

If your realtor is listing it for free and not helping, that's not much help since leaving you to screen tenants and run through leads is like asking you to perform knee surgery, you don't know what you are doing.All rental listings should get bombarded on Zillow Rental Manager and HotPads, etc in the first week so if you have limited activity, your price is either too high or the photos are bad and the copy about the place is bad.Use something like RentSpree from screening.