Although I haven't personally enrolled in such a course, a single free webinar bridged crucial gaps for me to kickstart my business in the "arbitrage" route.For those inclined towards purchasing STR, I recommend exploring the offerings of the Short Term Shop.

They possess an in-depth knowledge of their target market and have cultivated strong relationships with brokers and other key players in the industry.

We're always looking for a long-term relationship.   

Kyle, you are correct, you should not be responsible, but the fact is MN law requires you to pay unless you can show the bed bugs are a result of willful, malicious, or irresponsible conduct of the tenant or a person visiting the tenant, which is nearly impossible to prove. 

Building relationships with buyers and having a database of active market that specifically has cashflow.

In my personal research, Houzeo seems to be a solid Flat Fee MLS Service, a good interface and online forms, no % of sale $ with Bronze plan, a site buyers may have heard of, and good reviews on Trustpilot. 

STR you personally can enjoy the property too2.

@Shiloh LundahlTheoretically assuming properties were identical in every sense yes because I don’t need cash flow and would rather have the extra $100k in equity.Now $600/mo could get you another $100k mortgage to get you another property that could potentially also cash flow but for me personally I am in equity play mode now income mode - just my personal choice but nothing wrong with the other scenario

I personally wouldn't charge for any of that if they left the unit in good shape. 

My worry with leaving the local agency is the personal attention that guests receive when they call.