, but very difficult to DIY remote manage.

Are they being professionally managed or DIY managed?

It's a balancing act if you DIY projects to save some money.  

You can get 90% of the future equity, but you do have to have a GC do all of the work for you so you cannot DIY for future repairs. 

@Esther Iroko everyone thinks it's easy to DIY manage their rental - until it isn't.You now need to learn on the fly and quickly!

This is typically for most people not a DIY project. 

Understand that they are doing this to make a profit, so it will be more expensive than coordinating maintenance yourself.It may be a decent program for a DIY owner that wants to just outsource maintenance, but you will have the same maintenance issues with this company that you would with a PMC:1) Higher costs2) Admins answering the phones & assigning work, that just know the basics about maintenance.

The Rockcastle Megasite is an example of a site ready property & is only 20 minutes north of London. https://dataispower.org/rockcastle-mega-site/. 

So whether it books on the hotel site or Airbnb, AirDNA will see it booked either way.The only potential discrepancy is if they're listing it for a very different rate on the hotel site than on the Airbnb site. 

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