I don't see a home gym as any sort of additional liability, provided that you have machines that are relatively idiot proof and are not inherently dangerous.

I have had cash tenants and Sect. 8 that display that sort of mindset and usually you can see it in the screening process.....as soon as I see it, I am able to gracefully slip out of the conversation and go a different direction.   

Anything that is almost guaranteed to be used daily in your rentals (i.e. couches, bed, chairs), I'd try to invest in as much quality as you can for those specific items.Some store sites will let you filter for "contract grade" or "commercial grade" items - these are the sorts of furnishing that get put into higher-use commercial applications such as hotel lobbies, apartment building amenity spaces, etc. 

I was previously told that only the owner could make any sort of deal before auction, since the attorney doesn't represent them.I find this all very fascinating.

Their owner statement is a nightmare to sort it.

That sort of thing.The last thing I want to do is bombard a bunch of family members with what they might consider spam.

They certainly don’t do any sort of ownership verification before allowing you to list a property.You’ll no doubt hear from the BP community here (probably even before I finish typing this) that despite all the Instagram millionaires STR arbitrage is not a good business model and is generally discouraged.

The agency thing MUST be sorted right from start, that's clear. 

It is much more hands on and dependent upon some sort of subject matter expertise.

It takes a lot of time to prepare food, eat, and clean up so being as busy as we always are this simplifies the process quite a bit (not to mention the benefits of simplifying the digestion process for the body).