The TV stays off during the day in my house.

Keep in mind your costs of doing an AirBnB are going to be in furnishing your spaces, and housekeeping/laundry costs, cable TV and internet costs.

Reputation is everything in this business.HVAC - if a HVAC company is putting up billboards and/or has radio/tv commercials spots - don't call them!

I had little issue with my tenant where she called one of those injury lawyers from TV ads and my insurance spoke with the lawyer and denied the claim after collecting all the evidence from me Landlord was at NO-FAULT).

When I watch TV shows where they buy a house for 400k, put 80k in it and sell for 550k, they can make some profit. but in Rochester, houses are cheaper, so if it needs a big rehab it may not leave enough for a quick flip.

Wouldn't that make for some great tv?

When he moved the TV the drywall collapsed - it was soaking wet from a poorly installed window AC.I removed the damaged drywall plus a little more to ensure I had removed everything that got wet and discovered that this 1937 plank-sheathed house does not have a vapor barrier at the exterior wall...Is this a serious concern?

Stainless would obviously make the kitchen 'pop' as they say in TV land.  

You can purchase lists with different motivations like absentee owners, 60-90-120 days late on mortgage, pre-foreclosure, delinquent taxes, water cutoff, code violation, evictions, probate, divorce, etc. and mail or cold call.Other methods are driving for dollars, door knocking, wholesalers, craigslist, Realtors, FSBO sites, expired listings, put out bandit signs, billboards, newspapers, other offline publications.You can use pay per click/adwords, motivated seller website with SEO, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online and social media marketing.If you have a big budget you can do radio, TV and billboards.

We are running to cabins to take care of things constantly - internet down, no propane, a mouse in the house, car stuck in driveway, guest is lost, locked themselves out of the cabin, broken refrigerator, can't get the TV on, hot tub not heating, etc., etc.