But, regardless, it does little to assist with bring in clients.

See which works well for you and feels good to you. 

If you have some word of advice for a newbie, things you wish you knew as a begginer, please feel free to share that information with me. 

With our backgrounds in interior design, business development, building brands from the ground up, property management, marketing, and creative direction, we bring a unique set of skills to the table. 

If you open up the schedule and another guest books, then I agree with @Chris Seveney that a credit (assuming the new booking is at a discounted nightly rate) would be more than generous and also lets her know that you are a reasonable host if she does decide to book again in the future.It just feels odd that she would be contacting you the day of check-in to cancel due to the weather, when she could have communicated this days ago.

I feel like that was ridiculously steep. 

I feel like a lot of these "cash" transactions are a product of homeowners sitting on record equity.

It’s ok to feel lost, overwhelmed, excited and confused… all at the same time.

I feel like this is a good time in the market cycle to exit and diversify?

I feel like anecdotally, I've heard people leveraging debt (from a mortgage or something else?)