I ended up going in a different direction.That's one of my experiences - I've got a couple more similar ones where we arrived at agreed terms but I went a different direction (all were around the same time period).

When we first arrived on island we rented from Cornerstone property management.

I am waiting for my copy of that book to arrive.

(You can arrive later than 6 PM but the earlier you get there the more opportunity you have to learn and meet people.)

Because the letter needs to arrive when there is distress and motivation.

SSN are issued 2 weeks after arrival in the country.

Honest question, I've heard you say "buying cash flow at a cost of $2 for every $1 returned" On the surface that looks like a ROI of 50% ($1 returned/$2 invested), but I'm curious to how you arrived at that ratio.

I'd consider them 5-star guests if they didn't damage anything, were good communicators, and followed the house rules including arrival & departure on time / as expected and having the number of people in their party that they said they would.

The male friend arrived and made himself comfortable in our upstairs.

As you say there is plenty of time to get the unit rented so we should have very minimal vacancy and will try and get him to cover the days after he leaves to the when the new tenant arrives.