Sometimes it works better to pull the ad and relist with a slightly different picture and lower price. 

Clear and constant communication regarding progress and deadlines is important with contractors, they're often overwhelmed dealing with a ton of moving parts and trying to juggle more than one customers expectations. 

But the bigger picture is the appreciation:Let say there is 3% appreciation per year to the value of the house.  

Many will look at our profile pictures and see young men who probably have little experience in the space, which is why I joined a company with a solid track record/decades of collective individual experience to learn more! 

Yeah there are a lot of under informed bloggers and content that don't look at the full picture of how it fits in unfortunately. 

Sorry for the noobie questions I tried using google for most and I just want unbiased answers instead of people trying to make me a customer.

My point was you can customize Quickbooks (or Quicken if you go that route) to track you personal stuff and rental property / business stuff.  

The customer doesn't care if you did everything right except you forgot the steering wheel.

Differences include liability protection based on how they build their eQRP's for their customers as well as # of employees they can hire. 

I do have customer service background working in high end restaurants in Orlando for 8 years (getting food shopped all the time and passing with 100%) and feel I would be an excellent asset to someones property in it becoming a successful STR.