So, that got them motivated quick, like literally overnight! 

Professionals with decades of experience and very impressive track records do all the heavy lifting for you.

Reading between the lines, I sense heavy vacancy and/or significantly below market rents as it currently sits.

If you are going to go heavy into real estate investing, there are many ways to defer taxes, so losing the personal residence deduction may not be an issue.

Don't try and do all the heavy lifting yourself.

I always run my STRs with LTR rents also, as my back up plan if cities change permits or cause me to switch to LTR Thank you for your response,There are some areas that still have new homes for low $300s I figure with a good down payment I can get a bit of cash flow, I know I won’t get rich overnight but when rates go down I can refinance and hopefully in the future I will be in the position to buy some distressed properties and repair them, maximizing future income. 

If a future deal looks similar I may want to change the split to 60/40 or something so I make a larger portion of the profit for doing the heavy work.

Sounds like a heavy rehab project.

The one's at the box stores are inexpensive and easy to install and the new good looking heavy glass one's have to be professionally installed (pretty much) and are very pricey.You can just put up a clear plastic liner if you want the bathroom to look a little more finished for no money and the tenant can put a decorative one over it if they prefer.I guess the glass door are a little better at keeping most of the water off the floor but most people do alright with the shower curtains.

Multiple, billion dollar companies are investing investing heavy in our area, such as Intel, Google, and Amazon.