If you had to pick one state with the highest change of exploding insurance premiums over what they are now, other than maybe CA, it's Florida.

Unfortunately as good as TurboTax and other online softwares are, they don't always pick up the most beneficial items with rentals.

I get that you don't want grandma's furniture, but there are lots of modern, good looking furniture out there.

In the end, it's really about having the patience and the mindset to keep showing up without expectations.Early on, I was all in, invested in every decision they made, and then I'd watch them pick something like a cul-de-sac home that's going to appreciate slower, and I’d think, “Why not consider a property with more built-in equity?”

I gave them both a free month lease back for furniture or a low price for the homes.

If the property is on a boundary or near the edge of a neighborhood you may need to pull the comps within a mile and then pick out the ones in the same neighborhood as the subject property within a reasonable distance.

You can pick a high ROI degree/track and if you set things up with a lender and get a related job, can use that income almost immediately to buy a house hack out of the gate.- You can earn and start small businesses right now.

Historically cleaning fee's reflected pre-Airbnb the  way that Mom and Pop joints allowed customers to pick if they would clean up the cabin or if the resort did. 

What unemployment has been destroyed, and what employment has picked up. + 100ks of uber jobs vs demolished IT and finance jobs.

Buildium, Appfolio, or Yardi are some ones to pick from.