It's not a sound way of doing business, especially if you hire some random VA to call for you in an area they know nothing about.Agents should always be building their sphere and creating warm inbound marketing from social media, events, and meetups instead of doing spray and pray.

We initially allowed investors to manage these properties themselves and ran into a lot of issues that affected the integrity of the neighborhood which then affected the other investors and their assets. 

They focus on safety issues, such as wood rot, water damage, and structural integrity of balconies and decks.

Tools like Lodgify or Hostaway make it simple to integrate booking and payment options.

Beyond real estate, I have a background in media production, including event setup, documentary filmmaking, and television production during my time at PBS CET.

You can cold call, door knock, do social media ads, mailers, network, etc.

Generally speaking, I think tech like this stuff and social media have lowered the barrier to entry, allowing people to take risks they dont fully understand, whether wholesaling. flipping, lending, etc.

I am betting a lot of media is going to be coming out of how under insured people were because to be fully covered was "too expensive".

Also, there are many integrations available with QuickBooks so that receipts, bills, invoices can be sent to Quickbooks or outside software to read each and automatically create the transaction and we just have to review and approve.

An inspector can also evaluate at a surface level the structural integrity.