But all you are getting from that is "is it even worth my time to tour?"

Best way to find out is to tour local rehabbed properties in the area, at open houses or look at them on zillow, realtor.com, etc, and/or just go to the local paint store or the one you will be buying the paint from and ask them what people are using.

A claim I know of in Seattle took over two years  to process because the insurance company and the homeowner fought over the value of the property, thusly the amount of the payoff.But, I've also toured a different house that had about the same amount of damage as the photo above that was REO (owned by the bank), so that one went through foreclosure and either before the auction or after the auction someone set it on fire, I can't remember the sequence. 

Most of them invariably want to tour the inside to see if they like it well enough to apply, but is that the best method from the owner or manager's viewpoint?

My STR management partners are anecdotally telling me that the figure is nearer 40% down but that this is beacsue tour operators have choked back their forward bookings as they got over enthusiastic last year and got burned. 

When I toured the property  I could not smell smoke, only in the garage.

I have not begun to use video but I think a short video tour would work really well for a really clean rental that you want to show off.

Ready to do a Media Tour?

I'd never trust a renter to setup internet for my leak detector/sms "thingy".On my wishlist; A lock and cameras that I can tour homes for sale anytime; maybe even without realtors?

I know in a lot of European countries you have to pay all cash, you can't get a mortgage like in the US.