You may save several thousand dollars but the marketing a real estate agent brings will sell it way faster and Can control who comes in and out of the house to see it.

Welcome Melissa! 

I retired early as a teacher because my time is now controlled by me and my STR’s pay much better.

Ertha, Welcome to the site.

The Evolve owner dashboard was pretty good; it has a calendar where you can easily see when guests book your property and allow you to block off dates for yourself if you like.The downside was that I didn’t have as much control in managing the actual listing, and I felt the quality of the photos, captions, and listing descriptions wasn’t all that great initially.  

You're welcome - yes a quick search of arbitrage will bring up a lot of info. 

You do this by becoming an authorized user on your parents credit card.

@Shivani KumarLet’s say they have to get a pest control company to do something and it’s a third party company - they will charge 5% which is very common as they have management to bill and coordinate that activityMany places I see this 10-15%I would make sure to check indemnifications clause with an attorney

Welcome to BiggerPockets and best of luck investing DaVincia!

Welcome Jay!