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.

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). 

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.

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?

To say USA problems are smaller then everywhere else, simply declares ones exceptionally limited scope of worldly travel, knowledge and experience. 

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.

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.

Travelers is another insurer in CO that has been good or Allstate. 

Many travelers are looking for that option since finding pet-friendly hotels can be a hassle.

I agree with @Bryant Xavier I use Furnished Finder as you can input your proximity to the local hospitals and a lot of traveling nurses use it!