Further, too many groups coming together can mean too many cooks in the kitchen and lack of the ability to execute the biz plan properly.You bet on the jockey first. 

Exceptions made for business travelers and reservation made by assistance.- Full guest list required for each stay. 

These are all best execution for a well qualified sponsor.

It's not literally scanning your OTAs for openings, but if you knew you had one upcoming, you could set this up in a travel group about that local area and shoot promos out to its members. 

This would help you potentially qualify for an FHA loan when you execute the purchase option.Option 2: 5% payment for the option with the option payment spread out over 12 months from the 2nd month until the 13thmonth.

Its just so hard in the current environment to get any cash flow with SFR (unless you bought when rates were lower or are doing a well-executed BRRRR). 

The travelers might only stay a short period of time and only stay for a few months.

Things you wish you knew before executing this strategy?

I wouldn't go crazy with an accounting software but instead use excel.The other items likely paid for you outside of the PM company are mortgage interest, taxes, insurance, travel to the property, etc.Best of luck.

More markets equals more time needed to track, meet with your team, travel to and from, tax season, etc.