I imagine most renters don't want to live in a VR area anyways.

Great article on VR's role in real estate

To get that additional 10%+ occupancy requires "spreading the word" I do this via Facebook posts to a dedicated VR page, I have also runs some FB ads, posted on LinkedIn (occasionally) and I use twitter.During our low season we do adjust our rates...I kind of play around with them, do a new header in vrbo too every couple of weeks.There are a couple of things you can do to increase your ranking on vrbo - we just have the very basic subscription level.I hope that gives you a few ideas.Aloha,Jeff

What I have found is that a large proportion of VR property owners do not have an investor's goals.  

I also took an online class via Udemy.com which was helpful in walking through the VR analysis.

I don't think there is going to be a clear answer to that and from my understanding it depends on where the VR is located.

Showing houses will be replaced with VR before you know it.

When I do it I come up with an average rent per day and use 48% occupancy (which seems like a typical occupancy for the first year of a new VR).What is your target market with an 8 bedroom house?

I always assume 50% occupancy rate when running my analysis on VR deals (although in my market, I'm at 95% or better.  

V/R,Pam