I'm currently working on an article that covers homeowner/manager frustration with VRBO, HomeAway, Airbnb & other listing sites, and I was hoping to get homeowner feedback and quotes from people doing short-term or vacation rentals.I'm specifically covering homeowner frustration on changing algorithms for VRBO's "Best Match" function & thought on the instant booking function.Have any of you been affected by VRBO's "Best Match" function?

I feel better informed after reading this thread.If I am understanding correctly asset protection through an LLC is about control.A little like constructive possession in a criminal case.If it's in your sphere of control you could be considered in possession if you knew or should have known it was there.The more control the owner maintains over the asset the less the assets are protected from the owner's liability and I suppose it works the other way around.So the OA is kind of like a algorithm that if adhered to does its own thing and the more it does it's own thing the more a lender might be inclined to trust the LLC rather than the the owner who may screw everything up.So a sloppy or less than clear OA is a bad sign.If so I understand why withdraws or actions other than stipulated in the OA  might be sort of a sign of a loose cannon on board.A salary would be ok as long as it not easily changed and perhaps even stipends,dividends or bonuses spelled out clearly would ok. 

Through some pretty complex automation, we are able to handle the whole buying process from start to finish, and give a 50% commission refund in cash.I am trying to gauge interest for this type of service, to see how likely people would be to forgo using an agent for something like this, especially since we can offer a 50% commission refund and all of the same services.We also built a pretty complex algorithm that asks a ton of questions about you, what you're looking for, sensitivity to crime, noise, walking distance, etc, and spits out the best neighborhoods and even individual houses for you to look at.We can even schedule and show you property.

so to shed some light100k+ cash investor, anywhere in the US, would need property managerBut I’m not really looking for someone to say I have this place that’s a good buy, more looking for the algorithm of how to find them in general or on BP.

@Blaise Doremus you can’t patent software but you can patent algorithms and software logic.

Also having different debit/credit cards is very useful when you have one declined for a reason or another (bank network down, or blocked for your purchasing pattern that trigger their security algorithm).

They are continually improving their algorithms and I have definitely noticed it an improvement in the accuracy of their data.

One cool company that I know of based out of NYC has a really awesome algorithm that identifies undervalued MF opportunities on the open market in addition to predicting future returns. 

@Victor Fermin There is a new company that has some slick algorithms using live supply and demand data called https://shivatech.ai. 

The algorithms  they use are not specific to certain features that add or lessen value to a property.