Even if rents are trending up, if your tenant base can't make ends meet, the asset won't perform.

There is no housing market in US where real estate can out perform stocks.

Every bank at that time had way too many non-performing assets on its books.

People who have service dogs (or horses, as these are the only 2 service animals) that are genuine have no issue disclosing that on the front end and can answer the 2 questions easily - is the animal necessary for a disability, and what specific tasks has the dog (or horse, if you're getting one of those) been trained to perform? 

So now you are throwing good money after bad probably without a guarantee of any actual performance of the company until much later down the line.  

I find a lot of books and articles give the perfect scenario or the absolute horrific situation to get eyeballs.You will not have to perform at a level 10 consistently (10 meaning demanding). 

Perform the same task in each app to ensure a fair comparison.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.Run a credit/screening report on yourself.Enter a maintenance request, assign a vendor, and attach a fake invoice.Enter charges to the tenant's ledger.Enter recurring charges and automatic late fees.Sign documents electronically.Run owner reports.After testing a few apps, one should clearly stand out.

You can use a tool like AirDNA to get estimates of property performance in your specific market and with your typical size and configuration of home.

>How well do log cabins in the area tend to perform in terms of bookings?

You can advertise historic performance.