Last thought (mainly for future readers), you may be talking about the 1 year FHA history if you have variable income.

Having the contractor relationship in place to move quickly and provide a high quality renovation at a reasonable price.

Are you interested in S8 because of a personal reason or you think it's the next "hot" investment idea?

I've made offers before of "hey, I cant pay you $260k for this property - the most I can pay is $210k given XXX reasons.

It's just a room and private bathroom and that unit KILLS on Booking but not really on Air or Homeaway/Vrbo.All of my 1-3 bedroom "whole unit" listings do good on Airbnb but not so much on Booking or Homeaway/Vrbo.And I have a 5 bedroom unit and it does nothing on Booking, but pretty good on Air and Homeaway/Vrbo.I think bigger units that facilitate large groups do well on Homeaway for some reason.

Let me enumerate the reasons:1) my pm paid for the damages.  

Are there wholesalers in your market you can ask if you don't want to talk to a lawyer for some reason?

Our main carrier policy converts to vacant dwelling policy at completion for duration of term and can be renewed on case by case basis if unfinished or unsold.  

The claims of 1hr to collect rent, produce receipts, and deposit checks also seems like a reasonable claim if done physically and not electronically.

The reason being they see no benefit and they do not understand it.