It varies significantly.

Other cities in San Diego county vary on their STR rules, but the beach area communities are consistently getting less STR friendly.  

Would love infinite money) but cash-flow to the degree my wife can work if and when she wants to is good enough for me for now.

I understand that pricing can vary from one tax professional to another, and I honestly expected $1,000 up to $1,600, but I had to scrape my Jaw off of the floor when I opened the email with my invoice to see that it was $3,000!

Quotes vary based on credit scores, points and other factors.The lower rates haven't quite had a foothold in the market yet, meaning active buyers don't have much competition...yet. 

@Andrew Steffens what draws vacationers to Tampa when it’s 90 degrees June-Sept.?

But you are effectively putting yourself into more debtThere is good debt, and bad debtStudent loans are IMO bad debt - yes you get a degree that gives you a good paying job, but it costs you money every month to hold that debtReal Estate debt if used properly can be good debt.

For us it varies by market but in our primary market 15% plus a small monthly fee to help cover software costs etc if it's a lower gross property.That's full service, host doesn't have to worry about anything and can forget the property even exists if they want to.We do have tiered services where it's 10% (w/ no or lower monthly fee) if the owner wants us to only do one side of it (either manage bookings but not guests/cleanings/maintenance, or vice versa).25-30% used to be more normal but that's legacy pricing now, for a couple of reasons.1) Of course margins are much thinner for owners now that revenue has generally come down across the board from the peak, while home prices and interest rates have risen alongside that.2) Probably even more important, a simple supply/demand equation, particular to the case of increased supply. 

I have the same question and have found answers to vary quite a bit

Getting to point #3 on this, I think this happens artificially to a degree due to the amount of agents withholding properties in Q4 of 2023 because of seasonality.