Eat Breakfast at Cafe Brasil in Deep Ellum, lunch at someplace in downtown Denison, stop for coffee at Sandwich Hag in the Cedars (Dallas) and then have dinner at Lockhart BBQ in Bishop Arts. 

I asked the clerk if it was common for the contractor to not show up and her response was...most have outstanding warrants and leins and won't come near the courthouse.Not sure what you are out but it might be better to limit your losses and eat the money. 

I could be somewhat flexible on age of the house, but I chose 10 years because if we are living out of state, we would need to rely on local contractors for repairs and capital items, which can be costly and eat up all your annual profit.

I also thing that there’s no such animal as “reasonable” rent control.All that is beside the point.

For short-term rentals, the same would likely apply, assuming you offer what others don't AND you have a reliable way of screening for animals that cause excess trouble/mess OR pet owners who are not responsible.

We don't run numbers with hotels since we're a completely different animal!

It specifically has an exclusion for anything that happens as a result of animals. 

However, I feel like this 15-20% would eat into my profits too much but it would definitely make the whole process much smoother. 

Staff cannot ask about the person’s disability, require medical documentation, require a special identification card or training documentation for the dog, or ask that the dog demonstrate its ability to perform the work or task.I can't speak to Florida law but Federal regs are in force.In the end, you just eat the extra cleaning, if any, but you can charge for damage caused by the guests or service animals.So in both cases of our service animal guests, they were excellent with zero issues.EDIT - The stupid forum prevents me from putting a link to the ADA rules -https://www.ada.gov/resources/service-animals-2010-requirements

Since they only require a minimum of 3.5% down it wouldn't eat up all my funds, which could be used elsewhere in other projects/rentals, and on top of that I could pretty much live rent free with even some positive cashflow.