Norfolk is hosting a Landlord Summit on March 3rd if you can make it.  

I am going to host a meetup in early March, with folks from BP as well as some other Canadian real estate group member ie; Keyspire, REIN.

@Louis HamricGreat starter books:.The Book on Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner.The Book on Investing in Real Estate with No and Low Money Down by Brandon Turner.Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat by David Greene (co-host of BP)

I will say that I actually built a virtual host using an Amazon Dot that answered questions about the property and people honestly could care less about it. 

https://coloradohardmoney.com/felony-charges-filed-against-airbnb-hosts-in-denver-2-years-in-prison-impact-on-real-estate/

Whether it is an extra hand to assist in handyman work, aiding in putting together/hosting a meetup in the Detroit area, a second set of eyes to run through numbers for you etc..

Any advice here no how to proceed as an Airbnb host and manager. 

The RE podcast started around 2013 so the market was way different back then and they used to focus more intensely on flipping and wholesaling, the later ones are more suited to where we are starting.I'd also recommend Set for Life by Scott Trench, he's a host on the Money podcast and sets up a really approachable way to get into REI via househacking, though I don't know if it's similar to Craig's book. 

i want to maintain the passive income and location independence, and i will Not be local same city or country for emergencies.Do I look for a current local host?

Is anyone aware of a solid tool that is more advanced than the big name cloud based software out there that can do the analysis and generate a report for potential buyers.