One item I can add from being a guest at a STR...keep up on your pest control (this includes mice/rat control). 

These regions have maintained a strong rental market thanks to stable demand and controlled new construction.San Jose and San Francisco Emerge as Surprising LeadersIn a surprising twist, San Jose, California, posted one of the most significant jumps in apartment rent growth during July, climbing from 2.8% to 3.4%.

First, I did put in a second HVAC to control the temperature upstairs separately from downstairs.

The rules in Mexico when it comes to cartels are pretty simple: 1) you don't go in the (well-known) areas that they kind of control and 2) you don't deal with them or with things like drugs in which they are heavily involved.

We are hands-on managers--we have our own management company and manage our assets internally, so we have complete control over what is controllable. 

The control board went out on it, just like the control board once went out on a relatively new front load washing machine. 

A little background, I was a CFO/Controller for a PM company and have been doing multiple roles for PM companies for 20 years so now I am helping out on the otherside of the PM world.Your PM's financials are Property Accounting.

Apparently the White House is pushing for national rent control.

They opted not to put guest access control in and instead installed a key fob system for their tenants, with the expectation that they would just go let guests in by walking down the stairs and opening the door for them. 

@Andy CaseyThe lease controls renewal/non-renewal.