For background, I read "The Book on Managing Rental Properties" by Brandon & Heather Turner.

Currently reading Michael Blanks, "Financial Freedom w/ REI" book.

@Jerry Tello I don't know of any books to recommend.

Be wary of the facebook groups as most folks will have a "pitch" or just see the possibility of a transaction.

@Treza Edwards "I am reading the Rental Property Investing book and implementing the method that focuses on cash flow and that strategy states you need to have $300 cash flow per month, per property.

We pulled every trick in the book, and the odor remains.Another issue is that when tenants violate one rule, they tend to violate more.

Direct booking website, highly attentive to guests needs and experiences and consistently enhance the property during ownership.

Incidentally this is the perfect scenario where a checkbook IRA is going to be far superior to having to go through the custodian for every transaction. 

Quote from @Jacob Hrip: I have read this one years ago and it is a great book by a very successful guy in the space!

It’s temporarily lost its shine because of the slow down in transactions.