Like fees.

They settled because they were going to lose, so why keep paying expensive legal fees?

Originally posted by @Dana Adams:@Andre Silva do you stream your listings through an IDX server?

At least 3-6 months of reserves.Expect to lose probably 2 months of rents when you close, 1 month vacancy, 1 month leasing fee, and to spend 1-2k to make the unit rent ready. 

I can't work with them at all because they refuse to provide the original purchase and sale agreement.

From most OOS investors I am speaking to this is where most of the attention is, so be prepared for competition - seems that this forum was revived from the dead but to answer the original question with a few practices you can manage the air-bnb yourself to get higher occupancy, I would recommend educating yourself on tricks for the platform those will make the biggest difference - definitely helps having someone take care of your air-bnb account and for completely hands off investing do that but just previewing/welcoming who comes in can be done remotely in a professional manner I have seen it done in multiple states. 

Payment insurance, underwriting, and third-party fees at execution.

Originally posted by @David Krulac:@Anthony Favoroso I invest in the Harrisburg, Central PA market

I'm originally from San Francisco and found it difficult to find anything that made sense to me in CA.

There are some new builds in the mid 200's that have some potential, but they come with a high HOA fee.