Take control by testing the market fast: drop price into a clear range, loosen noncritical criteria, and widen your tenant pool while keeping safety and income verification tight.

I have enough to worry about without dealing with incompetent state workers, yearly renewals, and a constantly changing website that doesn't work, and looks like it was written with COBOL from the 1950's.  

There hasn't been any relevant case law specific to this issue come out in the last 20 years to change that.

The issue is changing the use and function of the property, not switching it to a manager in the second year.

The fundamentals don’t change.

Move in, fix it up as you have money, and as fast as you can build more capital, rinse and repeat. 

Given that local investors are moving fast and crowding some markets, are you changing your target markets or deal types (for example moving to tertiary markets)?

With major investments from Intel, Amazon, Google, and Facebook, the city is growing fast.

I wonder how up to date such systems are on the current Airbnb algorithm and as they make changes?

Definitely hit up some local meetups or REIAs—you’ll learn fast and make some solid connections!