If you have made any effort to reasonable air seal the building envelope, then you need the range hood to extract stale air and humidity as a regular air exchanger will not typically be able to adapt to accommodate cooking.Even if your house is not tight, it is still appropriate to properly vent the cook top to prevent moisture damage and grease build-up on the ceiling above.

At the end of the meeting evaluate what was well received, what had a ton of questions, what was awesome, and adapt the second meeting to account for that data. 

THis is the strategy you need to adapt to outrank ANYONE.. 

But in general if you have competition you will miss out on many deals if you adapt the 70% rule.Not that my way is better or superior.

You may have to create other smart entities to adapt the general principles exposed above to your situation.

Picking a % because some stranger at one point "said it" is ABSOLUTELY no reason to adapt them.Look , if you are going to blindly follow the herd you will most likely end up where the herd is.And look around you.

If you do this, if you refuse to adapt your vision and strategies and if you will keep going after these methods you will never reliably make it.

(No HOA.)This has given me back a ton of time, required fewer cleanings and lessened the impact on the neighbors.I can adapt my calendar to monthly or nightly stays just by adjusting my availability.

You seriously shouldn't be on a public forum if you are this sensitive.Now instead of feeling insulted why not adapt your mindset and try to learn form someone that is successful at marketing.To tell an investor NOT to spend 5K in marketing because you risk blowing though it is bad advice, PERIOD.The guy has $5K set aside for THIS BUSINESS.

Marketing for off season rentals is more competitive, so I agree with John that you will want to adapt your listing to reflect off season offerings, advantages such as cozy fireplace, local events and festivals, even updated pictures showing the house in the spring or fall.