I Personally I Would never buy a rental whose business model required me to do STR's.1) you never know what the state and/or local government will do to stop Short term rentals in the area, one negative city ordinance and you could be bankrupt.2) I believe that Air BNB or VRBO is a different business model. 

It's a tough grind to get started and you can't just (kinda) want it you need to want it like you need to breathe air to live.

If you are going to start out self managing you should absolutely be on Air Bnb and VRBO. 

Here's my draft list:1) Lawn maintenance - mow grass and trim back tree branches so that they're at least a few feet away from the house and HVAC systems outside2) HVAC - each HVAC unit has an electric compressor for cooling and electric forced air for heat - besides removing debris from the outside of each unit, I'm not sure if anything else is really needed (e.g. potentially clean condensate pans if they have buildup)3) Jet the sewer line - there are a few bellies in the sewer line but the tenants are not experiencing any issues as a result of that.

Might fall out of contract on a current flip, buyers are failing to perform. Hard money is adding up, and I might have to put it back on the market.  We bought the home for 339k, 250k of that is hard money. We have ab...

We were thinking the ASVAB, which sorted us for our jobs in the Air Force, would be useful. 

Kind of like an air bnb.

If not, maybe consider adding a US citizen with good income/credit to the LLC as a member (make sure to update your articles of organization to be air-tight) and then they can sign the guarantee.

Check out Mark Kohler (attorney and cpa) he has many you tube videos on asset protection.Hope this helps.

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