Additionally, take time now to build relationships with reliable vendors and contractors; having a go-to network for maintenance issues will save you time and stress.

Helps to give additional verification. 5.

April is a safe month to "play the market" if you will, because the market starts picking up as a whole then but, a good reliable tenant to me always seems better than making a few hundred more a month.

I don't take a credit score as a reliable metric in my market.

I really want to find a reliable and reputable PM to work with during this process. 

These areas tend to attract more reliable, long-term tenants who are usually more financially stable and take better care of the property.

. -- and they find deals that could be good for all of them - and everyone is helping each otherI think BiggerPockets will be a potentially pretty reliable place - I know that there's different roles, "finders", "buyers", "sellers".... maybe I can just find deals, and connect people together, and get some kind of small finder's fee for it, or something.... ok so that first 10-20k is important to just be able to provide - when getting into this....

—and prioritize applicants who meet the criteria but also have a solid, reliable rental history.

Is this something within the Airbnb account like the ID verification or? 

And you need your property occupied by a reliable tenant.