FYI, over the years, we've also learned to save a lot of money wasted on excessive management labor costs (we call them "stupid trips") by planning the occasional weekend to drive down, inspect our units and address any labor-cost intensive items that we can do over a 3-day weekend. 

The STR item has been a hot topic in Jacksonville proper since 2018 or so.

However, here are a few items to consider: whether you want a fixed-rate or variable-rate loan, and also understanding prepayment penalties.

Regarding the open permit, we’re just finishing up a few items for the final inspections and occupancy cert. so no concerns there I just didn’t include that information here. 

If you spend enough (usually around $2500) you can get discounts on items.  

I took your advice to mean they are only getting paid on their fees, not the rate charged.Lenders make their fee 1 of 2 ways typically.Lender paid compensation= the lender/broker fee is baked into the interest rate (most transactions are done this way but it makes it difficult to understand the actual base rate of the lender because they may charge more or less than other lenders so the comparison is not apples to apples).Borrower paid compensation = the comp is paid directly by the borrower as a line item in Section A.

You might be surprised to see some tasks are taking a lot more time than you think they should and maybe you are diving a little too deep into those items or need some automation.I self-manage 13 SFRs with a set of linked Excel spreadsheets.

She put a shelf out front with plants and other items.

I say that because you may have different inspectors calling out different items at each inspection for instance you may do a rough electrical inspection with one inspector and do a final with a different inspector that see's things a little differently forcing you to redo work already inspected.

Perhaps lower if it is a rental, as renters are not known for maintenance of capital items.