People HATE car dealers for making a few hundred bucks but will not bat an eye for the $20,000 they pay a realtor to make a few phone calls/emails and add you to an automated mls feed, sign a premade contract. 

Now that my AirB&B business is fully automated, I'm setting my eye on a new BHAG. 

I have been using business automation for many years now.

I don't use co-hosts because there are tools that can easily automate the day-to-day operations of an STR. 

The neighbor who I paid to handle garbage and sweeps my sidewalk called me one morning to tell me I got a ticket for litter on the sidewalk.

I self manage my STR from out of state and the most helpful things have been Guesty (connects my Airbnb & VRBO calendars and sends out my automated messages to guests & cleaners for reminders) PriceLabs for automated pricing, and I am just testing out furnished finder now this winter.

Originally posted by @Paul Weisbaum:This may be controversial - but I let them pay me every week instead of once a month and require automated debits from their account.

Hi All,I am curious what you all are using to automate your bookkeeping?

The key to self management is to have a team of key people to call that you can rely on, especially a plumber/heating guy, and to automate rent collection and anything else you can.

No limits, no theft, automated transfers even on holidays.