Taxes/Insurance- depends a lot on where you are located.The homes themselves- POH or TOH? 

The only inconvenience is I have to pay booking.com a commission at the end of the month, and I have to remit the local taxes myself vs.

Note that I live in the Netherlands, which has many tax laws.thank you 

I do intend to stay close to home - but home provides only annual opportunities and I’m looking for year round possibilities with tax deed properties. 

and that was owner occ.. todays rates are pretty normal actually. what you can do if you want though is find a really good HML and let them place a loan for you making 10 to 12% while your wait for things to change to a situation that you feel you want to move forward be more net return than buying a rental thats for sure. of course no tax bene's but there really is not that much tax benefit on one rental.. so just some alternatives. 

If you were able to increase the value of the property significantly after the rehab, then you could bring the deal to a community bank  to refinance and take the hard money lender out.You keep all the equity and don’t have to file a partnership return for your annual tax return, which can be costly.  

So, I no longer live in those areas and am very thankful to finally have insurance. 

It is the most popular software in the industry, and most Tax Preparers are familiar with it, which makes tax season easier.

It is your first year when you get the major tax savings windfall due to cost segregation and bonus depreciation.

I used to live in the city and the taxes and water bills are nightmares.