I do have a dependable housekeeper and maintenance guy but I am very OCD and always updating decor and doing little projects here and there to enhance the guest experience and I am concerned that without my hands in things I will not be able to operate at the same high level and was curious what results others have had with long distance.I am aware that there are turn key vacation rental companies that will reply to messages and schedule cleanings and such but I'm not interested in those.

You’ll probably also have to buy some furniture, linens, pots and pans, decor, etc.

As that kind of landlord, it's kind of difficult biting back the hard things you'd like to say when talking to somebody who's obviously spent at least $2K in decorating their arm, as they tell you that they don't have the rent.

Paint is for protection first, decoration second.

This caused some delays in my project.The challenges were:1) finding a contractor2) selecting materials3) decor design Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Incredibly clean, well decorated, I almost wanted to take pics for the next time it is vacant, they basically “staged” it for me.

We're looking at Reunion Resort because of its proximity to Disney and plan to decorate 🐭 accordingly.

(I'm an interior decorator also, and stage my own flips.) 

I going to assume you mean interior decorator or furniture stager?

Another thing is the variability in gross revenue - depends on the seasonality, decor, location, competition, pricing, market etcLet me say this - I like the industry - but I think you hear a lot of hype and inflated type numbers online/social media pumping it up.