In my experience with hundreds of rentals, incentives are more likely to create a sense of entitlement and more demands with no guarantee of better performance by the renter.I manage properties for dozens of owners that kept rent low or gave gifts (including free rent every December as a Christmas present!)

Gary Vee has a team of professionals doing his content marketing and is open about the fact that he works 16 hours a day and sees his family on weekends.

I do have an excellent property manager who is himself a young investor that I trust and am willing to complete the rehab myself evenings and weekends if not too far from home (I am extremely capable with construction/handyman type stuff) so if I can find a deal and solve the problem of entry cost I should be ready to go.

I need to add those books to my Christmas list. .thanks for the recommendation @Jenning Yu

@Kim Hud this is just my opinion, but I do not agree with evicting people (after living in a place for a decade) on Christmas.

A lot of airbnb owners seem to have more success from the smaller units and this helps to save costs, but you can always tests it out for a gameday weekend or 2 and see how it goes.

Fast forward to the weekend after they closed.  

Have a great weekend and thank you for the info

I have a goal to transition into real estate by wholesaling on the weekend.

I was just in Salem/Keizer and Portland last weekend and my perspective of both has taken a serious hit.