It is an industry wide national standard practice. 

Ive flipped a few houses now and i can see the potential as well as the potential in the SFH rental.

From most OOS investors I am speaking to this is where most of the attention is, so be prepared for competition - seems that this forum was revived from the dead but to answer the original question with a few practices you can manage the air-bnb yourself to get higher occupancy, I would recommend educating yourself on tricks for the platform those will make the biggest difference - definitely helps having someone take care of your air-bnb account and for completely hands off investing do that but just previewing/welcoming who comes in can be done remotely in a professional manner I have seen it done in multiple states. 

In fact, they should be reported to the authorities for what I consider criminal behavior and at minimum for bait and switch practices and failure to properly disclose.

My personal experience, I majored in economics with a focus in business analytics but what’s worked for me and I think is a good path is to major in something that will maximize your W2 earning potential and use the money to invest in real estate.

What I would love to know you would funnel potential tenants and how you would do a background check, also what kind of rules have you set in place for your own house hack?

This means they could be pursued for repayment or potentially face legal action to recover the lender's losses.

Some that I have found seem to do it all including locate properties, generate leads, and some just run the numbers and generate reports.So far I have looked at these:Sure, here are the links to the mentioned real estate investment analysis software:DealCheck: DealCheck is a comprehensive real estate analysis software that allows investors to analyze properties, estimate rental income, calculate cash flow, and evaluate potential returns.

Potential properties should have a complete financial study done to make sure they meet your investment objectives.

I am looking for insurance to adequately cover my liability as a potential STR as this is not my primary property.