There are a lot of opportunities to keep it full while negating the full time management/customer service aspect.

I used several lease templates that I found as a starting point, then created custom leases for my properties from those, and had my lawyer review them.

I live in the Rabbu site - I like the customization aspect, with most sites it provides enough information to make accurate assessments, you can also pretty clearly see the difference between a well run STR and a MEH run STR.

I showed them and provided my emails from customer support as proof that posts cannot be deleted, and that I updated a reply to my post, nothing came out of that.

I clearly illustrated there is at least one customer saying they have issues.

If it is your first, you don't need software just yet-- already there will be such a learning curve from how to manage your place and talking to customers.

When you're responsible for customizing the layout you can get more creative and find extra space a builder missed out on because they wanted to include some type of flex space or amenity room or it just didn't fit their box.

Hostaway's lack of transparency in their pricing makes them pretty hard to recommend to anyone since these types of "custom" pricing schemes are often used as a means of upcharging new customers. 

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Understanding my customer, I bought similar properties to what they were currently renting.This strategy is similar to how national retail chains operate: identify your target customers and provide what they want.