You can automate your self and spend 15 minutes a week reviewing pricing in your market and adjust as needed.

Or is anyone aware of people utilizing custom automations which they've developed with a developer or on their own?

Let's just imagine a scenario where you only have one property, and you don't use any PMSs or apps like Turno, for example.Cleaning and maintenance: 4 hours per weekRestocking supplies: 1 hour per weekResponding to inquiries and bookings: 2 hours per weekHandling guest concerns during stays: 1 hour per weekCreating and updating listings: 1 hour per weekManaging pricing: 1 hour per weekFinances and taxes: 2 hours per monthInspections and minor improvements: 4 hours per monthTotal estimated time per week: 12 hours, more or lessTotal estimated time per month: 26 hours, more or lessIf you do use pieces of software to automate your work, it can be even less.

Probably pay well, but look at job growth, not just company investment putting in automated factories with low # of employees.

Once you do build out a solid team with cleaners, virtual assistants, etc, and automate the check-ins and check-outs, it can be lucrative at scale.  

Because I automated 90% of my STR business to boost profits & efficiency. 

Hi @Aldo Balatti, yes there are many people who find success in remotely managing properties and many actually do it without the need for a full turnkey property management using various systems, automation, and other relationships to help them succeed. 

Still looking for an automated tool for STR regs where I can just plug in a zip code or address and it will layout all the current restrictions in seconds. 

Excel is not useful for collection rent and automating things like leases and credit checks all in one pace that is for sure.

And be sure to smell behind cabinets-especially kitchen cabinets that don't go all the way to the ceiling (cats sit on cabinets and pee right there), bottom of doors (urine drips down door and runs across the unpainted bottom, it gets absorbed and still smells), any heat/ac vents on the floor or low on the walls (looks like a litter box to cats), thresholds (pee at the door and the pee runs between all the cracks) behind toe strips, baseboards, etc.)