If you did a portfolio loan, it could help save on some costs versus an individual loan, as others have mentioned.

Also, do you have any kind of ballpark figure for how much of a discount the group would get off premiums grouped versus individual?

It will take (300 divided by 1.6) 187.5 months or 15.6 years for you to put away $300K from cash flowing the property (This assumes that the property is never vacant)When considering the time/cost of money, i.e. inflation, the value of the $300K from renting over 15 years is small versus having the $300K now.I would sell.

This gives much better diversification protection across geographies, asset types, strategies, investment subclasses etc. versus putting all the eggs into one basket.The downside is that it's not for everyone, and a person has to be comfortable with turning over control to someone else.

Versus running down to check we can check on our phones or ipads at home.Technology has really advanced and is more helpful in the last 3 to 4 years.

I would have them pay the company doing the test directly versus the security deposit.

Septic tank versus public sewer?

It may mean more counties may adopt the STR versus banning them Thoughts?

Research  The wage rates for the positions you want to hire, in your area.

Additional costs can be applied in other scenarios but out of gate cash flow for me is based on PITI versus monthly Gross & Net.