Your journey into short-term rentals sounds like an exciting shift—I can feel your energy for taking on a new challenge. 

Challenges?

I especially believe in this challenging RE environment that some realistic analysis is beneficial.  

In fact being current on payments is the biggest challenge to getting a short sale approved. 

I look at every single item in the pro forma and imagine that it is complete BS, and see if I can challenge it.

Pay for supplies upfront.4.

Are you seeing similar challenges with rent growth?

Here’s how it works:Population Decline or Stagnation: If the population is static or shrinking, the current housing supply meets demand, and property prices decline (in inflation-adjusted dollars).

I have spent 20 years climbing the ladder working for global corporations and that tends to always keep you challenged. 

If you do outsource, some management companies will cover various things like cleaning, supplies, etc. so look into that as well.