For references from actual insurance companies:https://www.progressive.com/answers/interested-party-renters...https://www.lemonade.com/renters/explained/interested-party/...https://www.travelers.com/renters-insurance/faqs 

Managing a good STR is pretty easy.

Then you can read a more in-depth book like The Book On Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner or The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing by Spencer Strauss.Here's a guide that teaches you how to analyze a property.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rental-property-cash-flow...Finding deal that cash flow is the easy part.

It was easy to scale fast when a down payment was 15-30k on a property that cash flowed several thousand dollars per month.

Very easy to get pulled into a bad property or an area you’re not comfortable with by listening to the wrong people.

In the pitch I include just a couple of my projects from the last year as a reference to my experience. 

We recently relocated to Phoenix last summer and I'm starting to look for recommendations for local credit unions here in Phoenix which are trustworthy, low rates, personal touch, easy/simple to work with, etc. 

BPOs are typically exterior only and agents usually earn $30 - 50 to complete them, so use them as a reference but not the deciding factor.                                                                                                                                                                     

But ask anyone who ever sold a business: it is not easy!!

For reference, we currently build 1 million homes per year just to keep up with current demand.