Good cell phone reception and internet.  

That is 80% of the purchase price and repairs or renovations that you can show receipts and proof right away without having to wait 6 months.

A two month vacancy costs you a minimum of $6,400 plus repairs, paint and eviction costs and 26 months later, if no other problems, you have broken even10.

-Booking.com is a very large and established company that has been around much longer than airbnb and vrboCons:-more listings to make sure are all staying maintained assuming you are also on airbnb and vrbo-you have to pay them their commission back at the end of each month which is a pain in the a** and is an unnecessary extra step-payouts can take longer as you mentioned-it has been impossible for me to find anyway to contact customer service over the phone and instead you have to refer to their forums and FAQs for any answers you need.Hope you found this helpful.

I'm not sure if you'll be able to find his contact information and I'm also not sure if I can share phone numbers on a thread so if you message me I'll connect you up.

With a DSCR that would be Over $100k needed not to mention you may need to do repairs.

You'll pay a higher rate and may need to have more of your own money in the deal in case of unexpected repairs. 

-What about repairs, capex, vacancy? 

I just closed on one for that last week and it appraised.Under contract at 223k with seller paying 5k in closing.The property needs 20k in repairs. 

I’ve had to step out of my comfort zone and do a lot of the repairs myself.