When this Policy applies, guests can cancel their reservation and receive a refund, travel credit, and/or other consideration regardless of the reservation’s cancellation policy, and Hosts can cancel without fees or other adverse consequences, although their listing’s calendar will be blocked for the dates of the canceled reservation...What Events Are Covered...Government travel restrictions.

It's best to start in your own back yard if you can or somewhere where you can get to and home in a day of travel when you are starting out.

For example: 50 years ago a brother and sister sell a property BUT ONLY the broker signs the deed at closing.

Throw in a dose of imposter syndrome and fatalism and you have a recipe for some mood swings right before a property is booked again.From a practical point, I would recommend great photos, a clearly defined target to whom you are advertising and understanding the best pricing of an area really well to ake sure you get booked in a timely fashion.From a more meta perspective, be aware that these listings don't typically get booked well in advance (families displaced by flood or fire, traveling nurses who need a new contract ASAP, and construction projects that realize they need a speciality engineer on-site RIGHT NOW don't book ahead). 

I'm in Europe now and can't travel to Texas, is there a service that I can hire, someone unbiased who will go inspect the property for me?

Plus, if done correctly, you might be able to deduct your travel as a business expense.

How BiggerPockets, @Alexandra Hughes Pailet, and @Katie Miller went with the flow as the weather threatened (and did) to disrupt all of our outdoor events, travel, and transportation.

This will give you a feel for the numbers in realtime.Second, I'd advise looking hard at the travel nurse/corporate travel market, as opposed to general tourism market.After arbitraging for 6 months to a year you'll have a very good idea of where to find your 20% CoC opportunity.

Can someone recommend a good company that works with traveling Healthcare professionals? 

I personally am in a college town and my target audience tends to be single travelers, and or couple(s) traveling to visit campus or visit their student at school.. so for me in my market the 1 bedroom / studio units are the best ROI in terms of occupancy and revenue per sqft, I believe. 3) I’d open up a convo with a few local hosts and see what their experiences have been and chat with them about their journey.