I am currently in the process to buy my 4th house bank financed and all of the sudden a property, that I was monitoring for a while, becomes available.

Mark, my wife and I want to build a place in the next 5 years and so I've been monitoring land prices for a while now.

There are few services like the one you mention that are popping up which would certainly be an extra way of monitoring.  

If you cook for cops or give them some hot cocoa on a cold winters day they will monitor your property more. 

There are usually some good, local investors that monitor those forums.

At minimum, monitor every six months with a good 15-20 minute inspection in the attic.

A mandated commercial fire sprinkler system with 24/7 1st responder monitoring ($100/month) is a big one.You need another attorney!!!

The point of the post was not to justify the host , who in this case had warning , but rather bring the seriousness of the matter to anyone currently hosting or looking into a property - calculeting on hosting income .That said,  the article clearly states the agency had monitored the hosts activity weeks, used fake reservations etc .. 

@Jose Lampreabe  you can switch management, however, you should closely monitor the transition. 

By the way they'll probably monitor your email too so you can't say or type the wrong thing to clients, like talking about returns or interest rates, or whatever your prohibited from talking about with clients.How about partnering with a family member or friend?