She spent countless hours on the phone—with me, the city, contractors, and other key players—to help find the best path forward when she didn't have to.What I Learned:Insurance is your safety net: Always double-check that you have the correct policy for your project type. 

I am worried about having an intermediary taking control of my property and renting to tenants I haven't screened.

If you already do this, than like me, it is a lot of screening properties (40-65 per month at about 3-4 offers from that) and patience.Watch the ARVs right now as a lot of us are in a declining market--do not rely on anyone else but yourself to really provide the ARV. 

It allows tenants to use their phone rather than quarters.

Go to BUILD YOUR TEAM at the top of the screen and look for local investors or meetups in your area.

Then his phone rang.

You're going to have to contact Zillow by phone to solve this.

My landlords manage with Azibo, and we do tenant screening with RentSpree, but there are a lot of similar products out there.

They force you to take instant bookings without any ability to screen guests.

Some of them have phone numbers as well, but pretty much all of them are marked as Do Not Contact.Does this seem like an effective track to stay on?