But hey, once you embrace these principles, you'll be striding confidently toward a future full of prosperity through real estate investment."

Plenty of pics and having a virtual tour for potential guest to instill a sense of confidence in the property.

If you are going to self manage your property, then I would not want my tenant to know my name.

I am putting together a pitch book for an $8M ground up self storage development.

If you're confident in your comps, it may be worth discussing with the appraiser or lender to see if there's room to provide additional context or request a review. 

You should either buy with a DSCR up front if the property is eligible and self fund your rehab or hard money for acquisition, do most rehab to common areas with the exception of additional walls prior to refinancing into a long term DSCR loan. 

A simple check-in during their stay shows you care without being intrusive.Implement Self Check-In: Guests appreciate flexibility.

Consult an STR expert and hire an inspector for confidence.

With regard to your "DST" and as with many highly structured tax vehicles that have a potential "self dealing" quality to them, there are a number of potential potholes you can easily step in along the way (e.g., constructive receipt doctrine, effective control over nominal 3rd party relationships, lack of genuine risk bearing and compliance with transactional terms, etc.).

Our lot size is 7300 sq ft and main house is 1700+ sq ft.Location: San Jose, CA- We were thinking to potentially design the ADU such that we could have a wall (or a door) that allows us to separate the ADU into a 1 bed/1bath for self use (or rental) and another part which could be rented separately on AirBnB as needed.