the gentlemen I fund finds them does the due diligence and I verify based on my years of experience at development.. but keep in mind these have some risk of failure thats one reason the returns are so high..

One of the utilities, South West Gas, based in CA, gave me a hard time putting the account into my own name. after several calls, faxing the court-stamped eviction order, verifying my deed through the County, etc,  the operator finally agreed and started to backdate the account change to the beginning of the process!

3) Keep Damage protection off but use Hospitable to markup VRBO bookingsGuest VerificationUnlike Airbnb, VRBO does not have a toggle to say if the guest is not highly rated or verified they can't book without approval.

@Kevin Collins I apologize; my response came out a little rough around the edges and I assume that you certainly have done your homework prior too.... but that is a bit of my point... nothing will change when you go and work with a realtor and find investment properties yourself... figuring out what the property is worth IS PART OF THE ANALYSIS (if that's important to you) and because of this it is no different than other than you should now be verifying what the realtor will tell you it's worth as opposed to what the turnkey is telling you. 

BUT always trust and verify. 

Verifying last 2 years of rental history very important!

Verifying last 2 years of rental history very important!

Verifying last 2 years of rental history very important!

Because they claim that every host is verified with photo ID as well as an SSN - those might complicate a "transfer".

The "high appreciation rates" you mention should be verified with recent data and be specific to the neighborhoods you're targeting.