Quote from @Thanh Lu: For owners with a small portfolio (1-3 STR), how did you decide between self management vs hiring a vacation rental company?

Having a famous former owner can add value, but it really depends on the person and the buyer pool.

The question was, has anyone noticed that Zillow is restricting "owner financing" in the listing?

I do condo plans as part of my W2, and these SF calculations can vary based on the coord with the attorney and owner as far as how the association is originally set up in its budgeting for dues.

If it's an owner occupied loan, the underwriter will need to verify this is your primary residence.

That means that you will need to get those particular ducks in a row before you get rolling.Also, sites like Taskrabbit.com has a lot of folks on there that can help get things put together, setup the spaces etc.

Focus on absentee owners and start with the ones who live the farthest away and only own one property in the area since they have the least use for the property.You can also drive for dollars, looking for anomalies of disrepair and then look them up in the tax records and use a site like Spokeo to do cheap skip tracing.

They did have an extra step to make sure that you were the owner of the property, but otherwise it was not bad at all. 

Thus, they will contact every owner they can that has a rental being advertised, hoping the owner is tired and just wants to dump a headache of a property for 60-70% of market value.

I'll likely be higher priced on an owner-occupied restaurant franchise, but you've been around the block and have a significant track record.