Have not done any business with them but did have a sit down with the owners last June when I made a brief visit to Cleveland .. and was impressed with their knowledge definitely seasoned players in the space.

Too often we see Landlords keep rent down to reduce headaches, only to find out later that they can't raise rent due to rent control regulations. 

Try to narrow down your options to the top 3-4.

A portion of the payment is going towards loan pay down.

On the other hand if you truly think a recession is going to happen, why wouldn't you wait for house prices to go down to a buy a rental?

Get a good down payment.

This is perfect being 2 doors down from where we live so we do not have to pay cleaners and property management.

Thankfully I bought them dirt cheap after the '08 meltdown so after years of break even I made money when I sold them. 

With VRBO the host is always tracking down payments, whether it's from VRBO or especially the guest.

Maybe then she won't want to keep it down there.