It's free for landlords/PM and have found it seamless. 

Please let us know if anything happens with it - my first thought, of course, is if seller financing is an option since they clearly have no business operating it maybe they would be comfortable just taking a monthly payment with no additional work on their end.

That way you at least have full control of the operation and *may* be able to resell the mini home whenever you decide to exit. 

I have tried every browser on 2 different operating systems... so I am sure its a glitch.Hope it will be back up and running soon.

You didn't know who to trust, half of all courses that were on the market were good, tons of fly by nite operators (still many of those), performance in websites was an afterthought... and in general the market had nowhere trustworthy to go to learn how to grow their real estate business using the internet. 

I am a small time STR operator in Wyoming, so my insight might not apply to larger areas, but I find that doing a theme for my STRs seems to get attention, The Rendezvous, The Cache, The Bunkhouse, The Eagle's Nest, The Cozy, etc. 

Great way to gain experience and ensure you're an expert in the local area, whether its your college town or your hometown that you intend to operate your business in.

My goal is to work with those existing property owners to remove them entirely from the day-to-day operations of their STR, making their property a passive revenue source. 

How aggressive we get depends on several factors including experience of the operator.

Find an experienced operator wanting to operate in your location.