Bonus: If you can't update your house due to a tight wallet, your Airbnb needs to scream VALUE.

If the appraisal is required by the bank then they're going to require someone physically go out to the property. 

That disproportionately affects the person doing the physical work.

Maybe think about selling it and buying another place --on the water--with a dock and a boat launch, plus a new speed boat.Lots of new experiences, water ski-ing, fishing, hiking a new area, etc..Buy small, with big land and add on to it every 3 or 4 years.Some extra bedrooms, a bigger patio, a hot tub.Have contractors do the work when you are not living there--so its ready to go when you arrive.Invite everyone in the family to take vacation at the same time and stay there all together (collect some $$$ to cover their food costs if that bites your wallet too hard).Have an adequate well and septic field to handle a lot of people.Just my 2 cents.

-My friend talked to the tenant about the tenant giving pets non-pet food without the owner's permission; as a result the tenant physically threatened and intimidated my friend.

The Points Guy and Nerd Wallet get paid for their recommendations. 

I learned from this one, to raise the damage protection policy amount I required on VRBO. 2) Then there was that time someone stole someone else's wallet, booked a beautiful historic house on a stolen credit card, got high and/or angry, and trashed it out.

There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale.Since I can't gain access to property prior to the auction I'm purchasing it pretty much unseen since I can only view it from a distance from the exterior.

I don't want to collect rent checks or watch my mailbox for a physical check.  

When it comes to the initial phone call when dealing with off market deals from direct owners, is it always better to pick up the physical phone and dial out to reach them, or would a robo dialer with a pre -recorded message be more efficient?