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A rider allowing for using your owner-occupied property as a short-term rental for a specific/limited amount of time is very different than an investment property being used as a short or long term rental 100% of the time.Also, telling your home insurance company that you STR your home occasionally does not give you extra coverage for those types of risks, it simply means if your renter burns your home down the insurance company isn't going to immediately deny your claim. 

In our flips we occasionally install or leave the shower window.

Is there the occasional premature part failure, of course, but even Mercedes has recalls from time to time, no manufacturer does the QC on electrical components they use. 

The cleaning fee should be charged to and paid for by the guests.How much information they give you probably depends on the company and your contract with them.As for occupancy rates, we usually have just the weekends booked with an occasional mid week stay in Jan and Feb.

If you only need leads occasionally then listsource is fine.

Occasionally they seem to have some success and pick up 5-10 properties.

My 20s were a blur.

Occasionally you may get lucky and find a Class B.

@Matt Pine no one's perfect, so occasional hiccups are part of the business - contingent on the acceptance of liability and reasonable attempts to cure.Not sure why they installed 2" blinds unless this is a higher end property.