However, on my back burner is a direct booking site and I'm leaning toward OwnerRez (once I get through Ski Season).

So I’ve read all the books flipping / brrr.

Thanks for the insights @Henry Clark the not so hyped or fundamental benefits are always worth coming back to in my book. 

I talked about this in some detail in my BiggerPockets book Storing Up Profits on self storage.

And yes, the income from renting is still taxable, but ideally you are offsetting a chunk of that with depreciation which is a non-cash expense.You should read Amanda Han and Matt MacFarland's books as well which are available in the BP Bookstore. https://store.biggerpockets.com/products/tax-strategies-book...

If you could shadow someone a little this would be better than any book.

Quote from @Paul De Luca:Personally, I'm not a fan of enabling bad tenant behavior and in life you get what you tolerate.

And for agents changes in the market mean more transactions, so that's good in my book.

@Bruce Woodruff I’m in a group of friends who book an annual trip to just this type of property.

I'm eager to grow my book of business in various markets and connect with active wholesalers.