A little trick that we used when we wrote offers was the following verbiage on the financing:"Cash or existing credit line"It's not a lie and it sounds pretty much the same as cash. 

I am a newbie who is beginning his RE journey and learning the ropes and tricks of the trade at the same time. 

I would see which plumbers other investors in your area use.Someone else might know a trick to save you money, but that's what I would do.

But, he has the right information on the tools to use, the expectations, tips & tricks, how to deal with AirBNB & VRBO and dealing with guests, is focused on the experience of the guest, on great ratings and he understands the process.

Tax returns should do that trick. 

I’ve been googling the process now which again seems to take me into a whole new layer of how to think about the transaction and waste him manipulated to my advantage. when you have time, would you be able to explain some of your tips and tricks that you’ve learned from selling the note?

The trick is scale and automation.

From most OOS investors I am speaking to this is where most of the attention is, so be prepared for competition - seems that this forum was revived from the dead but to answer the original question with a few practices you can manage the air-bnb yourself to get higher occupancy, I would recommend educating yourself on tricks for the platform those will make the biggest difference - definitely helps having someone take care of your air-bnb account and for completely hands off investing do that but just previewing/welcoming who comes in can be done remotely in a professional manner I have seen it done in multiple states. 

You really need to learn how to do that.One of my tricks was, "I'll have to get back to you on that."  

They don't learn the tricks of the trade or understand the rules, laws, and contracts.