In our24 years of experience, managing almost 100 S8 leases currently, the average S8 tenant has a FICO under 580, numerous collections from utility & cell phone companies, doesn't want to pay a security deposit, much less an application fee and claims they don't know how to fill out their S8 paperwork despite being in the program for several years - hint: they want YOU to do it for them.Most, not all, are eligible for government assistance due to a funeral-march of bad choices.REALITY: you are trust trading one set of problems for another.You can succeed with S8, but you need to understand the challenges and plan accordingly.

STRs also make for a convenient scapegoat for the government when they need to divert attention away from their own policies that make adding more housing units more expensive/time consuming. 

Have friends working in this space along the Columbia River in WA/OR that oversee the data centers, and working with friendly government was key to their growth.

I just spent a few weeks shopping for insurance policies on a Houston metro rental - it's really tough right now. 

An umbrella insurance policy is much cheaper and far less complicated.2.

Your primary insurance policy with $300,000 in liability coverage should be sufficient in 99.999% of all lawsuits.5.

Hi Emmanuel,Best to double check your lender's policy of Pre Payment penalty?

The bond market is "pricing in" the policy shift that the Fed finally confirmed in recent weeks.

City liens are considered government liens and they are not extinguished.  

My guy, Keith murphy, has found some amazing policies for me...I will pm you his contact info.