I made the mistake of not submitting my $1000 escrow to the title company within 3 calendar days, I was going off business days for some reason.

When I did the "enemy method" I noticed on the OTA that studios always had nearly wide-open calendars and selling them is near impossible!

I put on my calendar as a reminder as well.One thing I did learn that if you have a mortgage and pay your T&I separately, your mortgager may require you to show proof of insurance every year and if for some reason you miss it or they don't get it, they will automatically buy you the default insurance, which of course cost much more.

I pay $15 a month and keep it live so I can track trends and changes easily in my market.Scrubbing local calendars on VRBO and AirBnB is an option. 

I was really confused, since they have a short term rental site interface, complete with synced calendars, profiles for your places, and basically everything that other STR sites have in their owner dashboards, but in a much more confusing format.

They manage the calendar and list the home on VRBO and Flipkey and soon on Airbnb.  

....For properties in designated Estate or Low Density Residential areas, the responsible party or host must reside in the short-term rental property for more than six months per calendar year.......

Take a look at your potential neighbors’ calendars on the rental platforms and see what they are charging and how booked they are.

My pool is not heated and still I am getting $5800 for Jan-March.HOWEVER, since you will make most of your money in the winter months, before you decide to invest in a pool, check out the VRBO and Airbnb availability calendars for Scottsdale rentals WITHOUT pools.

.#2....ask to see their training calendar....again..no calendar, you have to question how serious they are about training.#3....ask what the training costs, if anything.At Keller Williams there are plenty of investor agents...in all types of properties, from single family, to STR, to LTR, to Land, to Commerical, to Multifamily, and more.