The wrong tenant can lead to non-payment, evictions, and property damage.

It would take considerable manpower to show every rental and every lead for a large company.

Setting up direct bookings is a great way to save on fees, but you’re right—it requires extra effort to ensure everything runs smoothly.For vetting guests, start by asking a few questions when they inquire, like the purpose of their stay, how many people will be there, and if they’ve stayed in short-term rentals before.

I think housing has a lot more other concerns ongoing than this, but this issue could also have a very slight impact that tied to the other 50 issues that housing has right now I am sure it will be used for political purposes. 

The fact is that anyone who takes, leads, or carries away the property of another with the intent to convert it to their own use or deprive the owner of it is committing a crime. 

Any leads on investor friendly agents in the area would be much appreciated!

Not having experience qualifying prospects I would think that the leads you would get from here, if any, would be..... challenging. 

He testified that he used his personal bedroom exclusively forbusiness purposes but later testified that he slept and ate in his bedroom.

So that leads me to why I'm here.

A formal business built on this seems overkill as you’re essentially paying someone for a service that already has standard model.If you and the parnter have distinct business tasks/abilities (i.e. not what you would hire an agent or contractor for), such as off-market lead generation, that’s a different discussion.