It's usually broken/old furniture, a 1992 TV set that weighs 78 pounds, rotten food, dirty dishes, and kid toys.

Yes they look cute on TV but reality sucks.One thing you could consider is leaving the deck out of the picture.

I only buy what I need (no TV, new phone every 7-8 years, new car every 200k miles, etc.), but I do travel few times a year.

You would also include TV, internet, landscaping, or other expenses.Yes, you would collect the entire month up front.

If you watch the Flipper shows on TV, like Flipping Freakin Vegas reruns, it looks like a few weeks and they never tell you the Net after Taxes etc.

Initial renovationsFurnishing the rentalMonthly utilities, internet, TV, consumables9% lodging tax rateMarketing and bookingLet's say you make $17,000 a month income.

Watch the HGTV shows in the evenings instead of the worthless news and idiot TV shows. 

Our tenant just moived out and made several unauthorized changes to our house, including installing a Ring doorbell (which was removed, leaving two large holes drilled into the brick) and installing an outlet and ethernet connection on the wall above the fireplace (which he sighted as an improvement, but I'm not sure most renters will install a 40+ in mounted tv, making it an eyesore on the mantle wall in my opinion).

The whole process made me start thinking this might be something I’d like to do to generate income for us while I’m also actively working a job that I enjoy doing working in tv. 

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