It's a red flag, but you screen them like anyone else and move on.The reason it's a red flag is that many people will offer to pay rent up front because it clouds your vision.

Short-term rentals have become so popular. And many cities are banning or restricting properties being used for STR. My personal belief is that this will set a precedent other STR owners can follow. What are your thou...

I have my team of handyman, cleaning company, and boots on the ground guy and even A co host to answer while I’m sleeping (7 hours difference), but I don’t know how to handle the furnishing face.

AirBnB allows hosts to have long term guests (longer than 28 days) and so far, our guest has been amazing with paying and communicating with us.

I am an experienced host co-hosting 20 properties. 

Hostfully is my recommendation, there are cheaper options, but we have found that one to be the best value (still a better price than many of the larger platforms).Ownerez may cover what you need at a lower cost though.

I just closed a house that Host Finance brokered and they used a Finance of America product. 

Jim Dutton, the host of the Texas Home Improvement show is based in Pasadena. https://thipro.com/houston We have followed his advice before and had good results.

We are using Tenant Cloud and I liked how simple it was to set up and navigate. 

We always start a new listing because we don’t allow our clients to be on the listings as co-hosts.