Are you paying any utilities as the owner, aside from water and user fee?

I am a fan of utilizing equity in existing real estate owned to build the rental portfolio though at the beginning, rather than just relying on money saved alone.  

If you sit empty for one month, you lose $1250 for PITI, plus utilities and any other expenses.

I'd love to utilize their expertise when assessing a property since they are local but I'm not sure what the general expectation is when I don't have a tangible property and I have not entered into contract to work with them yet.Some questions I have are: local regulations/permitting timeline, property's potential from their perspective, landscaping/amenities cost estimate (they also help facilitate this).

(prorating utilities by tenant head count for instance). 

When looking for options for something pre-fab to plop on our lot, we keep seeing things about Amazon homes and they seem super affordable, but I don't see a ton of information on them and how to plan for the house arriving.

My other project years back was searching for active businesses to buy, at one time laundromats, many located downstairs in mixed use properties. 

But like most markets, it's getting increasingly difficult.Plucking something from the MLS is tough because there's not a ton of inventory.

Not a ton though.$34.99 - Gourmia 6-Qt Digital Window Air Fryer with 12 Presets - https://www.target.com/p/gourmia-6-qt-digital-window-air-fry...Every STR should have an air fryer.

Rentometer has avg rents at only $1067/mo so I'm also not sure about paying that much for such little rent for a long-term hold perspective when from what little research I've done you can get more elsewhere for the same buy price - maybe someone looking to park money for tax purposes or an all-cash deal hoping for a big upside?