I had one short term rental that was granted a permit earlier this year and I have been operating it for months now as an STR.

Investment Info:

Single-family residence commercial investment investment in West Sacramento.

Purchase price: $500,000

Cash invested: $100,000

AirBNB in West Sacramento

Pete and Clearwater still work well for mid-term rentals despite some short-term rental saturation.

If the deal goes south and you have next to zero money in the deal, selling a short sale or walking isn't as risky for you since you aren't losing much.

It all depends on the work you/your clients want to do to create value and the overall game plan.

If you don't/won't have WiFi then you should either consider a SimpliSafe system that you can move around from house to house, or some type of Trail cameras like hunters use for identifying game areas.

In short, yes PS can do everything DM can do and more.

I was trying to get started, had all the information but needed to pull the trigger to get in the game. 

Quote from @Nathan Gesner: There were a couple experienced investors on the forums that loved to tell everyone they could manage a short-term rental in just five minutes a week. 

It simply depends on your time frame, when you want to actually begin renting the property out short term, and what the loan terms are.