They don't care too much about the other stuff.  

If you own your washers and dryers you will probably make some decent money but get ready when something breaks and the tenants want it fixed right away.If you are priced lower than the local laundromat (which most are for some reason) your tenants not only have to carry all their stuff to the Laundromat but will have to spend more money and may want you to cover it.Also a Service Tech will probably charge $100 to show up plus parts. 

Quote from @Jason Kudo: I have a property in the Joshua Tree market and it's doing fantastic.That's great for you :-) However the OP might want to know if you paid cash, have a loan, at what APR, and all that good stuff that could make the difference for him having a decent ROI.

Reserves are already deducted from the figure I've arrived at. 

I check market EVERY morning and email out deals I see as good to my clients as well as run my opinion on the stuff they send me.

So I got me an email from VRBO talking about their new response time rules around "critical information"https://help.vrbo.com/articles/About-the-Vrbo-Host-Communica...Essentially it make sure you respond in what they think is a timely manner. 3 days before arrival with all check in info etc.

Hi John, I am an amateur here when it comes to this stuff, looking into this product for myself.

I also suggest Michael Gerber's "The E-Myth Revisited" as well as his "E-Myth Real Estate Investor" collaboration with Than Merrill and Paul Esajian.Remember - 90% of this business is marketing so don't let all the other stuff, like obsessing over business cards, get in the way of that.Good luck!

Not that I did before anyway I dont trust that stuff.

I lined some prospective new tenants kind of took my time, was picky, didn't find the right tenant yet, plus I had to get in there and paint/repair etc  but towards the end of the 60 days I was showing the place to some i thought was gonna fit and lo and behold the tenant calls me the day he suppose to be moved out and told me he changed his mind, going thru personal stuff and wanted to stay.