The point of the post was not to justify the host , who in this case had warning , but rather bring the seriousness of the matter to anyone currently hosting or looking into a property - calculeting on hosting income .That said,  the article clearly states the agency had monitored the hosts activity weeks, used fake reservations etc .. 

@Jose Lampreabe  you can switch management, however, you should closely monitor the transition. 

The county APN is good and it helps to have the GPS co-ordinates of the property.

By the way they'll probably monitor your email too so you can't say or type the wrong thing to clients, like talking about returns or interest rates, or whatever your prohibited from talking about with clients.How about partnering with a family member or friend?   

QBO is definitely the best solution - you can use the class tracking system to organize by property to keep a close monitor on how each property is doing individually or analyze your portfolio as a whole.

There is no need to pay thousands on a monitored system like that. 95% of the time all you get is some fuzzy video of a guy with a hoody on that's impossible to identify anyway.

We are flipping a house in an area where crime might be a consideration of the home buyer- so we were looking into a non-monitored home alarm system.Does anyone have experiences with offering these units on rentals or flips, and do you have any tips or product recommendations?

He is also a CPA and a real numbers guy, focused on owner ROI, monitoring repair costs, budgets, spreadsheets, doing everything exactly right - very sharp.

I do project engineering which does translate to RE a bit - scopes of work, cost estimates, monitoring of contracts.

GPS feature shows you every property around you as you drive with a moving map.