Typically you will never have more than half vacant at a time and that means you are never at zero revenue.

@Alex KohlerRoomies.com is where I find about half my people.

Here are some tips on doing comps when you do them:1. use the same bed count, go up or down a half bath2. start at a 1/2 mile radius from your target house (expand 1/2 mile each time to get more comps)3. start at 3 months back (expand 3 months more each time to get more comps)

This is the easiest criterion to apply and will reduce the number of cities to be evaluated.

The easiest way to take the first step is to look at Airbnb for your area and review all of the listings and check their calendars for when they are booked.

It would probably be the easiest to qualify it as a STR.

No way would I pay someone else $10,000 just so they would take half of my earnings.I think you could do better for yourself just using communities like this and taking $10,000 and to learn as young go.

The shame of it is that it can take a year and a half and $50,000 + in legal fees to just clear your name, even if you didn't do anything wrong.

When I look up this question on internet, it always says that in NYC, its the tenant who pays ...but in reality I am told that about half of Brooklyn listings are no fee (meaning that landlord pays) in order to get it rented fast.   

Fed up she used turbo tax this year and we got stuck on one thing for about 30 minutes but it only took about an hour and a half.