I read about your challenges with bird-dogging for properties, especially in areas outside your current location.

It is not at all reliable.FOURTH:NEVER come to me with "I know a guy, that knows a guy that has a pet fish that has the same color of a girl's hair a complete stranger knows whose neighbor does 800 calls a day and gets a deal every week.Here is why.

My pet county starts tomorrow morning and time to redeem ends in about 30 minutes  there are 400 items last I checked.. its a big one.. the one I really wanted got redeemed yesterday thoughIn the old days we would be a player for probably 50 to 75 of these going.. now I just cherry pick if I can 

It reflects the average rental income per booked night, including nightly rates and additional fees like cleaning charges, pet fees, etc.

Are non refundable pet deposit taxable income for my rental properties?

Consider your precious and beloved dog needs sudden brain surgery, and you love that thing.

Of course there are discounts for security measures, gates, guards etc. that everyone would get but homeowners premiums are derived on so may factors such as insured age, household members, claims history, ROOF AGE, age of the home, scheduled property, pets etc., so if each home is individually owned this would be near impossible. 

I collected a bunch of MTR comps on furnished finder, ran the numbers, and found that for one my typical 1 br/1ba places, I'd get maybe an extra 15%, but only if I allowed pets (all the MTR comps I saw had noticeably higher rents if they allowed pets...I don't know if that was just a fluke, but it seemed pretty consistent).  ...that extra 15% I found was after I deducted allowances for vacancy and the cost of furnishing the place (though, I'm not sure my vacancy estimates were accurate)... 

Dealing with nightmare sellers, including a dog left unattended for days, a break-in, and hidden foundation issues sounds like a real challenge.

What do you think of Big Dog Program with Phill Grove?