They don't take out any fees, have a dashboard / notification system, and still able to apply manual payments if required.

In the future, if you put a '@' before you start typing my name it will send me a notification letting me know I've been tagged.

Is it safe to assume that if I don't get notification that a renter purchased the insurance through VRBO they essentially refused the offer? 

@Nelson J Castillo If you have someone new lined up, I'd next-day FedEx a letter demanding your keys back within 48 hrs and providing notification that your (hopefully) written agreement is terminated due to _______.

Is this still a profitable piece of business or not?  If

Check your free annual credit reports on all 3 bureaus to see if there are any issues before applying anywhere, and that should give you a good idea of whether you're going to have a decent credit score or not if you're not sure or don't get your score on a credit card bill.  

(FRED Economic Research site)Correlations were (for those unfamiliar perfect correlations are either +1 or -1, a 0 being no correlation):- Mortgage Rate to % Median Income = -.55 (Moderate)- House Price to Mortgage Rate = -.89 (Strong)- House Price to % Median Income = .84 (Strong)- Monthly Mortgage to % Median Income = .98 (almost perfect)This chart is not inflation adjusted, but does give a sense of when would have been a good time to buy versus not if you go by the variance from the trendline. 06-07 = worst on chart, '11 = pretty darn good. 

it's just a matter of when, not if.  

When (not if) a problem arises, you will come out ahead if you are more organized than them.  

(ex: low fees, easy to add your information, quiet hours for maintenance requests, text message notifications).