From talking with many owners in the various areas in and around Blue Ridge (Epworth, Mineral Bluff, Morganton, Cherry Log, etc.), you could keep it full up to 90% of the year.

The sellers have listed it as a log home.

My thought was that it would be best if she does the primary STR work and log her hours and ensure that she spends more time on the STR than I do (at least officially logged hours... since I will most likely always be thinking about the STR... haha). 

I have someone in my team dedicated to manage LC and I only receive information once a lead is generated.I log in every other day to review deliverability.I wouldn't recomend using the platform yourself becuse it's very time consuming if you want results, get a VA or a marketing company!

The financial benefit of reducing or eliminating income taxes very much out weighs the hassle and costs of a potential audit.You don't need anything fancy for a time log. 

@Hieu Bui Your numbers are a bit off... roof itself will be close to $10k.. you have soffit rot and that might be rotted inside into the trusses... yikes..I saw ceilings that were leaking as well...Personally, I’d get a waste contractor bin.. remove all the crap, take a log screwdriver and then start poking around... you can see what’s not visible...Once complete, do a materials cost list.

You can not make repairs until your adjuster from the insurance company comes out to assess your damage and there will be a back log months long.

I am not able to log in and see my agenda and possibly make revisions if need be. 

Similarly, Houston has published statistics to highlight concerns with STRs: the city counts 10,545 short-term rentals and has logged 7,789 non-emergency 311 calls along with 61,167 emergency 911 calls within 300 feet of these properties from June 2023 to June 2024.

So this would require me to manually log in to transfer money to my actual bank anyway for distributions or to receive funds for improvements or whatever.