They can keep an eye on things and handle issues that come up quickly.Hope this helps!

Your target, from what you wrote, would be cheaper renters looking for a value stay that is clean, but unspectacular.If you market is saturated, you will keep going lower and lower in the algorithm which will indirectly restrict booking.

Yea I keep a lot of spares of these 3rd party TCL Roku remotes on hand.  

This ensures they are keeping an eye on everything, they get to see what it's like to be a landlord, they have to take responsibility for the lawn and other maintenance, they will learn to deal with people issues, and more.

If you do choose the coaching or mentor route, keep in mind that 99% of the "gurus" that you will stumble across have been in the business only throughout this last upswing and haven't been through multiple market cycles.

I might be the only that thinks this way on this, but I keep my STRs with zero to very little leverage.

There are NO national HML/PML  not one company funds in all 50 states many will do the majority but NONE of them are nationwide even though many advertise that but its a little puffery by some of the legit ones .. but fake ones keep in mind NO one funds in all states.

It's not here, it's coming if folks keep pushing the envelope.

I finally received a demand letter from a "nonprofit attorney" representing the tenant, claiming that the tenant was living in uninhabitable conditions—typical for a non-paying tenant, I guess—and now she wants to "renegotiate" the rent and keep living in the same space.She has been filing complaints with various government departments, but all the cases were minor and have been closed.

Keep trying, learning, and "failing forward" and you'll figure out what works for you.