You can measure the success of the brokerage by the number of agents that leave after a few years, to start their own brokerage, and whom become successful (some just leave because it's bad and try it on their own and never quite get it).

I left them recently like many others have in the last 5 months and even though our money was technically an investment and a limited partner contribution, they refused to give anyone their money back even after stating numerous times they would give people their money back if they choose to leave. 

There is a fine line between offering a well rounded service and leaving too much in the home.I love the business and glad to be a Superhost but this has been my experience.  

Now I've heard they will leave it open to other bookings from Vrbo, but block other platform calendars that you have synced to yours, so they will block your Airbnb calendar for that time.  

I work 11-12 hour shifts, five days a week, in a demanding role, leaving me with little free time.

Let your criteria do the filtering for you.Regarding retention and renewals, the only time I have asked people to leave is when they have had rent payment issues and/or damaged the property. 

You may need to leave about $20,000 into the property after refinancing and you may only cash flow about $150 a month, however you can create $40,000 to $50,000 of equity right up front. 

This includes cap ex, repairs (will a renter leave the property in the same condition you hand it off in?

If there is a tenant in the property expect that they will likely leave within 6-12 months after you purchase so you can expect to do a rent turn and budget for that.

My monthly payments (mortgage, insurance, taxes) are roughly $3,600, leaving me netting about $4,600/month.I have four years left until military retirement, after which I’ll have a pension, some disability income, and rental income from this property.