With this (awful) approach of pretty much just listing a house on these sites....and hoping for the best, my prediction is you would get pretty much slaughtered in the reviews, which would lead to less bookings, and then eventually reaching the conclusion that STRs don't work.To do it with a better degree of success you would want to purchase the property, put in all the finishing touches that guests want to see such as books about the area, maps, buy new furniture and decor if needed, create a welcome book with recommendations on restaurants and attractions, list it on multiple sites, build your own website/brand, promote it on social media platforms, have professional pictures taken, have your listing completely filled out, be incredibly responsive to every question and message you receive, build a really good guidebook to the point where you are almost an ambassador/tour guide for the area, interview and contract with professional cleaners and have backup cleaners in place, have a relationship with a professional handyperson so they know who you are when you call the first time requesting their service, have several electrical and plumbing contractors identified to call when problems come up, set expectations for your cleaners up front and provide feedback immediately to them when guests have a complaint, and handle all complaints with your guests the way you would want it handled if you were the guest...put the guest first before any profit/money. 

We provided footies or sliders in a sack for move in day and put in the lease that no furniture legs can come in contact directly with the floors.

I've had to buy bedspreads for all of my beds 3 times this summer, have had a half dozen towels get stained, an electric tea pot get melted, the furniture gets damaged, etc.  

We've got a whole bunch of stuff to throw away, but also a whole bunch of stuff like books, furniture, tools, artwork, etc, that I think is worth money and could be sold.for those of you that do trash outs, and I'm guessing most flippers do, has anyone ever gotten down to monetizing the trash out process?

We've just now started putting desks and some furniture in the duplex to minimize damage from kids moving furniture in and out.

I just do prop staging rather than furniture staging.

It is a nice rental in good condition, with most of his good  quality furniture and all the appliances.

Ruined all my upholstered furniture and one rug.

You are responsible for electricity, water, gas, phone service, cable, furniture, HOA/Condo fees, and most importantly ASSESSMENTS.

We've only had one other really bad tenant, and in that case we did the same of taking the individual to court, as mentioned earlier to Nicholas, even though we knew we wouldn't see a cent, just to protect others down the track.As per Florida law, we issued them with a 3 day pay-or-leave notice last week that expired on Friday, and as best as we can ascertain they have left, bar some items of furniture left behind and a set of keys left on the kitchen counter.