Additionally, I would greatly appreciate any insights or examples of successful ad creatives that have worked well for your STR properties.We've got a direct booking website getting built at the moment (which I'm particularly excited about), but then the next step will be promoting it, so I'm curious to get some thoughts and feedback around this.I know not everyone is excited about direct booking sites, but I'm mostly curious about the people who actually do have them and how it's promoted.Thanks for any tips!

There's certainly no right or wrong answer, and as you say, everyone has their own opinion, but generally I think you will find most people on this site having the opinion that such an involved structure may be overkill (of course, no one has a crystal ball either).California is generally more cumbersome than other states when it comes to taxes and filings.

This site will also give you neighborhood data such at school ratings and other info. 

Contact us – My Site (zoltarlenders.com)

Matthew, Would be interested to see your site for direct booking. 

Use the site and see what others are listing for.

Use sites like Bigge­rPockets for study.

Welcome to the site @Joseph Strawsacker!

If so would anyone have ideas on how to secure it when there's nobody on site?

Welcome to the site @Liza Jackson!