They also offer service plans, so things like AC maintenance can be performed as part of the contract.My goal is to generate income, spend some time down there and hopefully give my guests a wonderful experience and reason to return to my property.  

I can work for free or provide a service (coding), as long as I am able to learn from someone who knows how to be successful in this niche. 

That means for example if you are asking $1700 in rent plus $100 utility surcharge,  and they have to buy electric service separately at on average $100 a month,  their total housing cost is $1900.  

God bless you and thank you for your service.

Hi All,I am a small owner/operator/agent in Boston and would love to connect with Property Managers in the area to learn more about their profession and services. 

Hopefully this is a sound plan- time will tell, I suppose.The only concern I have at this point is service animals.

Do you service NJ?

ARV's you'll need to team up with someone who has access to MLS in the market or try a service such as Propelio that will give you access to COMPS.

Is there a one-stop-shop kind of service for this? 

Schedule C on your taxes is titled "profit & loss for business" so with your STR income now being labeled as a business, (because it is) lenders will want to see consistency and growth in order to be able to use any of the income to offset the STR's debt services.