I am currently shopping for an investment property that I plan to run as a Short-Term Rental on Airbnb from afar (2.5 hours driving distance) and I am currently investigating property managers/management companies for quotes.

Having 2x people per room will drive up the number of cars parked at your house, so make sure you're not violating any local/neighborhood rules.

Making the Sale: Tips and TricksIn this stage of the process, there are multiple hidden pitfalls that can sneakily drive up your costs.

He had much higher cooling needs than us above his apartment  and rejected when we offered him a window ac and was literally driving our ac for his own needs.He even asked me during summer if there is any way to optimally adjust the pressure of air flow as per his needs in one of his bedrooms.Fast forward during winter he closed the vents in his bedroom and another one in the living room that comes before his bedroom.Now the same bedroom which once had a high pressure air flow has virtually no airflow makes me wonder if there is a duct burst or duct got pinched somehow?

We launched our own platform to book and drive bookings to that site via VRBO.

You'd have much less competition which would drive the price down significantly because there's not as many bidders.Also the owners will have experienced very few people calling them.

Winterset is small, but I think that you may have options for some that would drive down to Winterset.

They'll have good opportunities for house hacks in Detroit Metro or greater Grand Rapids are within decent driving distance to snowboarding and hiking, but city enough to have comedy clubs and night life.

The way the US government drives down mortgage rates is by the Fed buying mortgage backed securities.

And, I don't think the market will sustain a profitable AirBNB market.