Using a property management system (PMS) enables you to bring automation to all major areas of Airbnb rental operation (cleaning coordination, guest communication, digital self-check-in, review requests, pricing, upsells, and finances)The bottom line a busy physician with a fairly high W2  can pass material participation tests (100 hrs AND more than anybody else), claim tax losses from his or her STR business and save 6 figures in taxes without working full-time in real estate. 

However, I added value in other ways by managing the rental myself, from listing on sites, managing tenants, mowing the lawn, and cleaning the house in between guests.

Having clean books will do the following:1.

After all the tacked on fees that have been climbing (some of the cleaning fees were crazy in light of what they expect you to do to clean it yourself), I didn't see a huge benefit vs a traditional hotel.....so I passed. 

Most of which I have had approval to clean out by seller.

We make money on the cleaning fee (its a long story), and so there is some value in the number of turns we do.A lot depends. 

You also need to change the furnace filter and have the ducts cleaned.

The HOA decided to hire a water mitigation or cleaning company that basically went to all the homes affected and cleaned up.

It also keeps the outside clean and keeps tenants from adding "yard art" to your rental. 

In my office, we provide a scanned copy of every invoice charged to a rental, even when it's paid by the tenant (e.g. turnover carpet cleaning).