The average STR host has only 2 prices the whole year when you should have 365 different prices to maximize booking.

If using co-host to help manage, do you just rotate several so you don't allow them to surpass your 100 hours?

I haven't had to use it in the 3 years I've hosted, but it's there in case.I stayed in an a place this summer with 2 bedrooms and 3 queen beds. 

I think they are grossly overpriced and offer coverages that most hosts don’t need.  

So visiting the property could have some value, depending on your goals of the visit.I have hosted investor tours at properties in the past, where we dedicate time with our investors and the community manager to walk the property so they can see their investment, as well as talk about current operations, how the business plan in going, and allow them to meet people on the team that they invested with. 

Hi @John MasonI am so thankful for this post as well,I have been attending lots of seminars meeting investors, loan officers, agents and a host of others.

My biggest suggestion would be to find some local meetups (https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-real-estate-events-...) and introduce yourself to the host. 

I want them to focus on hosts and the guest experience for the actual stay but they sometimes have shiny object syndrome.

There is a local meetup in Danbury hosted through Meetup that is a great group of people hosted by Joyce and Bob. 

I love hearing insight from hosts who have solved this common pain point.