They sure spend a lot of money on advertising.

It is clear that if you want to advertise on VRBO you'll sooner or later have to agree to their payments T&Cs in order to do so.Even though every year Airbnb continues to increase performance & bookings for my properties, VRBO is still the major producer.

I recommend setting up keyword alerts for each area as they are discussed in the forums daily with advertisements posted in the BiggerPockets marketplace hourly.One thing to note when looking at the individual markets, you can make or loose money in any market.

I would advertise as soon as you're able to take good pics and get a renter in quickly.

because you don't have access to MLS and other resources, you may just want to take to social media and other means to advertise the deal.  

Advertising it for rent does not trigger a conversion as long as you live there.

@Bill Rich As far as I know, the HID “$100 down” is only on a very small percentage of HUD homes, and is advertised as such.  

     - The agent will do all of the legwork in terms of advertising, showings, processing of applications,                    document signing once you decide on a tenant, making sure utilities are transfered, coordinating move            in, etc.

If so then the buyers will come if you advertise the deal properly. 

This is no different than advertising.