As the owner of a short term rental property management company, we help owners who are frequently overwhelmed trying to do all of this on their own. 

(Quick Side Note - A similar question I see frequently regarding pregnant women is "well, once the child is born the renter will not qualify based on my occupancy standards, should I rent to them?"

I’ve flipped in the dc area for years, right now there is just money & in the vast majority of cases there is high likelihood of losing money, right now the best investments in the area imo are buy & hold, I’ve even gone full circle and while I really liked value add for most of the last decade I think in a lot of ways new construction especially in more affordable markets (I’m personally a big fan of the eastern shore market) is a much better way to make money long term than flipping and brrring while I know they are sexy & certainly you getting a huge paycheck is great, there just isn’t any money in it right now, especially in nova. 

Hey Kyle,I am definitely familiar with you as I am a frequent listener of most of bigger pockets offerings!

Tenants frequently do not take good care of the properties, and the government requires certain standards for the condition of the units.

Animal dander sticks to the walls, fans, fixtures, etc.

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Vinyl might need more frequent repairs, which can add up.

i am not a fan of quickbooks.I have taken the Door Loop demo and find it to be a younger sibling of Appfolio which I well-versed in using.

They did so by sending money orders because I haven't figured out the best way to accept electronic payments to my LLC business account since services like Zelle are for personal accounts only and I'm not really a fan of Venmo or Cash apps.