I would closely monitor your competitions pricing to see what is working for them.Vrbo has built in tools to monitor when people are searching for specific dates.

One of my first--and biggest to date-- blunders in real estate was working with a contractor that I deeply connected with. 

Our systems have caught people using SSNs from deceased people or the SSN indicates they are 2-3 decades older than their driver license birth date.

Luckily, due to the number of items this person had at the home, we added charges for each day beyond the set closing date for them to vacate the property.

Who had no problem with my request to use the actual date. 

The tile is very dated now.  

Please consider putting all of your information together in writing with dates, every name you can remember, wire transfer confirmations, what they promised you, what really happened, etc.

Get a lot of rentals first then worry about it at a later date.

The price points here are a little high, if you don't go for a 55+ community/mobile home property. 

An investor is going to want to have a specific date they can get their money out of the deal.