In some areas there are rules around what you can and can't charge as a security deposit is all I was saying. 

Lots of 1% rule deals, cash flowing, and has amazing potential for appreciation.

You’ll need to meet the 100-hour material participation rule by actively managing the property—tasks like updates, repairs, and managing bookings count.

Is it because people that operate and manage their own str can hit the 100 hour participation rule?

I know that with HOAs, there are a bunch of rules about what you can and cannot do. 

The sophisticated money is not buying in stagnant markets with poor fundamentals because they can achieve the 1% rule, can complete a BRRRR or because of more favorable landlord tenant laws exist just to highlight what’s rarely part of their acquisition criteria which is a stark contrast to the mindset of most within the BiggerPockets community.Since your focus is specifically on landlord tenant law component I’ll add those who follow the law, properly maintain their property, respond timely to tenant requests, use well drafted and fair leases and don’t unreasonably withhold deposits  find themselves in far less tenant controversies. 

I would set ground rules on decision making.

I use a $5000 rule, where I est everything in incriments of $5000.   

That brings me to my next bad landing page (LP) breakdown—there’s a lot to unpack here.What I’m showing you here is a simple “load speed time” analysis of a PPC advertiser landing page.The basic industry rule of thumb is that A load time of 1-3 seconds is considered good, where the less is better.

Your lease is with them and they enforce the house rules.