I typed in "seo" which gave me plenty of bigger pockets blog posts but 0 for forum posts. 

Great lead from SEO, motivated seller.

With the oversupply in the market, it makes sense that a lot of hosts aren't getting future bookings as well.I'm sure you know, but some methods that you can use to get more bookings are SEO, dynamic pricing, unique interior, figuring out the algorithm, market research, etc.

Your location would matter greatly as well, so the best answer might be to wait things out a little if you don't have a large cash reserve, and gain more knowledge(SEO, dynamic pricing, no cleaning fee, how to deal with potential squatters, no coffee machines, etc) until the economy starts to get better, and then start.

I too quit using bandit signs the last time I had to pay a $500 fine to code enforcement :-) I used to do a lot of web work, SEO, pay per click, etc....quickly found that the days of dominating your local market and cheap internet leads was long gone.I have found Direct Mail to be the best bang for the buck bar none.

Virtual assistants can handle several tasks from lead management, appointment setting or scheduling, email management, to administrative tasks, personal assistance, etc.In my case, I have utilize the services of Virtual assistants for my SEO campaign - link building efforts, blog commenting, guest postings, etc. as well as handling my social media accounts.

Then I need a way to monetize and affiliate link and SEO back to all the other crap I'm selling. 

And @Samuel Sedore, I do have a website, but i havent been doing much SEO to drive traffic to it.

Have 1 specific call to actionWith regards to the amount of information on the site, a lot of it is geared towards improving SEO.

I guess I will go back and read the new rules...For anyone interested, there is a silly Realtor SEO competition for the keyword " Greatest Real Estate Agent in the World " going on.