It's crucial to look beyond just the lowest rate offered on a verbal or preliminary basis.

.* Call local property mgr's and/or ask for referrals from your relator friends/associates, and ask them for referrals - sometimes they will be nice enough to offer helpful advice, especially, if you tell them you will consider using them when you turn the house into a rental in a yearAs a 27yr appraiser and Realtor/Broker, the paint job has minimal affect on the value, unless it is so bad that I have to mark it down in quality and/or condition.

@Rich Emery if you're not EXTREMELY organized, you'll spend every day with your "hair on fire", making critical mistakes that cost your clients - and you'll get burnt out.Don't forget to research the licensing requirements of PMCs. 

Hey guys,I would appreciate it if someone could take a look at my Airbnb listing and offer some pointers.

My STR and LTR's are all schedule E.Unless you are cooking them breakfast or offering daily cleaning with a turndown service you will be on a schedule E.

I definitely planned on being upfront and maybe even offering discounts.  

I have made offers, received countless emails from wholesalers and agents but still no deal.

Then our students were having a crazy hard time with the current leading website provider and I had to come in and fix a bunch of crap that was wrong with said internet hosting and template provider so much so that they stopped offering our students support due to "custom code" on our websites.So I said fine.

If you have this extremely valuable experience already under your belt owning 2 properties, why dish out a potential down payment for property number 3 over to a mentor or coach?

And no, I am not a lawyer nor am I offering legal advise - LLC terms vary by state, so it is worth the money to verify you have set it up correctly.