If they are less-than-ideal in any way, then I'll be a little harder on them like only paying for portion or paying for the entire thing but then giving them notice of termination.

Ideally I’d love to have something like a HELOC and only pay for what I use.

Perhaps it isn't your ideal, but if you can force yourself to tolerate it for at least a year, you'll come out so far ahead, it will shock you.As for the other part of your question: the forums are a great place to learn.

You'd ideally be winning in the "rent savings" department, but also be cash flowing each month.

@Valerie Rogers For your direct booking site, did you use an OwnerRez template or a custom wordpress site? 

I hear your frustration, but having worked in customer facing roles for most of my career, it is very common for people to go radio silent.

Over the years I realized that no matter what the investors needs are or how many properties they own, at the end of the day there are only two types of property owners/investors.Correspondingly, there are two types of property management companies.1st Type Property Management Company: · Poor customer service on both owner’s and tenant’s side.· Lack of communication (Getting them on the phone feels like winning the lottery).· Dishonest.· Lower Fees on the front end when signing up for services.

Ideally I’d like to solely own it and be responsible for writing them a check monthly for their profit.

Many real estate agents actually use them - it is more cost effective for agents to have the Transaction Coordinator do all the paperwork while the agents go out and find more customers/clients.

A couple of young ladies have been renting for 3 years and they are ideal tenants (they always pay on time, keep the apartment neat and clean, very reasonable with all requests etc.).