There are companies out there who handle the entire process for you from top to bottom so it can be a very safe, comfortable investment that's seamless for you.Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

Any additional screenings or criteria should be consistently applied to all applicants to avoid potential discrimination claims.Rental application fraud can be a significant threat to the financial and operational stability of running and operating a property.

As long as you're doing that, there's always a risk, and 50 years from now it will probably be illegal everywhere to operate STRs in residential zoning, just like it's illegal to operate a steel mill there. 

Cash-flow is for "keeping the lights on" as in covering operational expenses to defend against any need for additional capital investment. 

These operators totally bungled the deal and operation but still made money due to the market.2.

I was conducting an extremely seasonal business and after 8 years of operation the business was insolvent. 

I'll also add that Bonnie's group is a great resource with operators from 0-Bonnie.

With running this "business" there will be operational input costs.

The the transition was seamless and since I know the tenants already had to pass their screening process, I was not concerned about inheriting these tenants.

You're talking about programs generally run by the government as the operator of last resort because no one else can make enough money to make it make sense.