The white body and black trim was/is popular in SoCal...

Inspect regularly, then remove the tenants who can't maintain their units in decent condition.

Our goal is to subdivide while in the county in order to build a regular single family home on parcel (A). 

Cash is like the blood flow through your body.  

Should've just left us alone and not used Facebook to spam a forum that started because someone asked a regular question and many of us replied based on the evidence.

Most very successful STRs seem to have direct booking options, they are opening their properties to the YouTube Airbnb influencers to get more publicity, they are creating regular content through their own social media channels, etc.  

Worse case it could be converted to regular apartments.

Just get a regular hot tub, I promise it'll much cheaper than a lawsuit. 

When I do my own units, should I charge a really low price to my own property to make it self sufficient as it would then cover its own expenses, or should I charge the regular full price for cleaning and pay myself the entire cost for cleaning to boost my income?

Thank you to the many experts already named on this thread, and many more besides, who respond on a regular basis to the questions asked by new investors!