Congrats on the transition—STRs can definitely boost returns if managed well!

(If you can't get in the door on your own merit... maybe you shouldn’t be doing this.)Encouraging students to utilize his private Facebook group members to post fraudulent reviews for other students websites in order to boost their search results and by doing so intentionally misleading sellers as to the students knowledge, skills and ability to closeInstructing investors to deliberately target and befriend nursing and assisted living home staff in order to gain their complicity in preying upon patients and residents. ....

Realizing the numbers have to perform by themselves of course.  

You can also experiment with MTR & STR guests to further boost cashflow.

In the meantime, I’ve heard some hosts are getting traction by leaning more on direct bookings, optimizing titles/descriptions with fresh keywords, and boosting visibility through social media.

past performance is one thing, I’m also interested in the CHARACTER of the sponsor.  

You have to pick the city based on long-term performance and the tenant segment based on income reliability.

It also boosts the odds the Fed will cut rates this month.🏢 Private Sector Hiring SlowsADP data showed 54,000 jobs added in August—well below forecasts.

Generally speaking if you do anything the OTA's are pushing you will get a boost in visibility and therefore bookings. 

Renting by the room can definitely boost cash flow, but it usually comes with more hands-on management.