Looking forward to the other responses from BP members..Hiring the right people:Some qualities to look out for are punctuality, integrity, and goal oriented.

That's how we approached it and that's what we taught them.Our oldest is in school to become a teacher and our youngest thinks he wants to do something in medicine. 

We are looking to use a property maintenance service that allows for maintenance request integration.

+1 for PMS integration and no issues with VRBO. 

Like the others have said, you'll want to integrate some software to help you manage your listing. 

At my brokerage we are innovation with AI chatbot, data portals and integration of technology to add value to the way people search and sell homes.

Experienced developers are vertically integrated and don't need new friends or want to do mentorships. tie a site up, record videos, establish yourself as someone they need to do through marketing. if you want to really do that it's what you need to do.

I have found Niti and Palak to be kind, intelligent, and extremely high-integrity. 

Go with Hostaway, great cost-benefit, and it's integrated with Turno as well!

...if you have hundreds of thousands or millions in reserve, it might not be an issue  ...but if you only have a few thousand, it will be a major problem.Now, having said all that, there definitely are scenarios where a structural issue is an easy, relatively cheap fix. ...and, there are some examples of settlement that can be ignored--for instance, minor settlement on a 100 year old house is fairly common, and might not affect the structural integrity of the house.But, again (assuming that you're not a structural engineer), you don't know what you don't know--it could be five hundred bucks and a weekend of work, or it could be a hundred thousand dollars, a year of your life, eight months of vacancy, and ultimately bankruptcy.