Think about all the extra time trouble and cost it takes to turn an ordinary house into a vacation rental...just my two cents though...

If it's just a money grab and there is no desire to associate with the aforementioned, you will most likely be on the losing end and feel very negative about the program.

Quote from @Marc Shin: Hello - is it worth spending money on boardgames within an STR? 

But, if you don’t want to go through all the trouble – and your manager does not want it too – then selling is probably the better option, all the more so if you are witness to a good market, and you stand to make some ok profit here.

If it keeps getting out of hand then I would then send a notice to quit to the troubling tenant. 

I do think it is a good idea to take some money off the table when an asset runs up and diversify.  

As for being a hard money lender.

Meanwhile, bank money market paying 7.5%. 

I'd take a trip down to persuade him but then I would be the one in trouble for expecting the idiot to actually be a man and hold his end of a deal. 

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $150,000

Cash invested: $1,500

A month ago my banker (who's is also also an agent) from my home town where I have ...