Physical therapists, specialty doctors and administrators often need short stay long term rentals.Remember that you will need to vet each guest and use a regular lease, not a rental agreement for under 30 day stays.

Remember that we are selling a physical product and we are hiring out a service. 

I don't do physical work on the property, but I do detailed design plans, and select and buy all the materials.

I, too, aim to be as accommodating to residents as possible.However...For my own liability protection and personal sanity, I'll only schedule our group viewings for when the resident can be physically present.For one thing, I'm a digital nomad (currently living in Colombia), so I'm likely never going to be conducting their viewing myself.But mostly, I don't want a resident claiming that some priceless heirloom went missing or got damaged after holding a showing in their absence.We'll pick a convenient time, typically 1 hour on a Saturday afternoon, and set appointments for up to 6 pre-screened buyers to take a look.

The primary challenges would be about the safety of settlement transfer for a physical currency transfer (like gold) and the specificity of timing and valuation of transfer in digital assets. 

Physical or digital?

What digging I've done has been in valuing professional services practices (same issue: owner does the "labor", has client loyalty, etc.) as well as medical practices (patients loyal to a doctor more than a physical address).  

However, if you have a distressed home, physically or financially, then they may be your best option for a quick close besides a flipper like me.Good Investing...

I get frustrated because most people a) don't stick with this and try to learn it... trust me its easier than first year college physics... but it will take you a few times to get it and after networking with real people doing this or b) they say its seems risky and listen to their lazy/ignorant CPA who by the way has been stuck in they same occupation for 20-30 years... why would you want to take financial advice from someone who is not financially free. 

Here's how I do my due diligence:1) Portfolio matching: (takes 30 seconds per deal)a) Have an educated opinion on where you think we are in the real estate cycles (financial and physical market cycles)b) Then only then pick the strategies, capital stack, and specialized asset subclasses that make sense for that opinion.