I self manage my STR from out of state and the most helpful things have been Guesty (connects my Airbnb & VRBO calendars and sends out my automated messages to guests & cleaners for reminders) PriceLabs for automated pricing, and I am just testing out furnished finder now this winter.

Originally posted by @Paul Weisbaum:This may be controversial - but I let them pay me every week instead of once a month and require automated debits from their account.

Hi All,I am curious what you all are using to automate your bookkeeping?

The key to self management is to have a team of key people to call that you can rely on, especially a plumber/heating guy, and to automate rent collection and anything else you can.

No limits, no theft, automated transfers even on holidays. 

Other than that, you should be able to automate the rest of it or leverage local resources for the most part. 

Banks are making stupid decision on the loans that qualify for automated underwriting.

Once I get the wholesaling part of the business off the ground and automated, then I will venture to step 2 and then step 3. 

However my long term plan is to minimize the hours I need to spend once I reach my monthly goal via automation and outsourcing. 

They use an automated valued model.