(And cool air in summer).Any thoughts/questions/concerns regarding before I permanently removing hundreds of dollars worth of insulation from the crawl space?

I've been specializing in foreclosures/short sales for 17 years  and have closed hundreds.

If I were you, I would wonder how I could make my STR stand out from hundreds of others in the same market.

I lost hundreds of thousands if not over a million for ideas that did not serve my future net worth building.

As agents, we get hundreds of calls from out-of-state buyers who have cash.

I work with a couple hundred investors from CA and they prefer the middle/southern part of the country because the price points are much easier and the landlord laws are friendly.

I also thought it’s not much work so will be done in few hundred or thousands dollars.

Maintain proper records - Contracts, Settlement Statements, Agreements, Promissory Notes etc.Additionally, you can track income and expenses consistently, using software or spreadsheets.As you scale, if bookkeeping isn't fun for you, consider hiring a bookkeeper for a couple hundred bucks per month.

A successful investor's time may be worth hundreds of dollars per hour.

In the summer, we literally pay landscapers hundreds of thousands of dollars and they get the winters off.