Because of this I was able to focus purely on the design, rather than fixing problems, and still ended up with a strong profit margin.

I would never go with purely VRBO, if you're just picking one, I'd stick with Airbnb.

We try to ensure the salt is applied enough to keep down dangerous/slippery ice and to keep the snow melted, but we don't want to go overkill having a "zero tolerance" ice policy like hospitals have, we just want to keep snow and ice down to an acceptable and safe level, without going over-budget.For some of our buildings where salt seems to be really deteriorating surfaces (mainly building sidewalks and masonry stairs) we thought about using a different product (either calcium chloride or magnesium chloride) however while they are less damaging than pure salt, they are also more expensive (something we are trying to avoid).What do you other landlords do that have midsize (10+ unit) buildings? 

. $500 pure cashflow is good.

The property seems like a good deal; over 8% CoC return and low $300/ month of pure cash flow but that could be gone quickly with this problem.Any experience stories or advice from the experts?  

Sometimes I think people like this need to be pursued purely for the principle of it.

Looking back I'd like to think my Uncle was "timing the market" but in reality it was pure laziness.

The big money is in 4+ units where you increase the rents and the rent increase automatically increases the Cap Rate and the property's re-sale value.I would like to see more people pushing people to understand the power of multi-units and the very strange thing is that I skim through every real estate book I can get my hands on and every book I ever read is missing the very most important facets of multi-unit investing and every book is full of pure B.S. when it comes to the subjects to the pitfalls of multi-unit investing.

Renting out for over $800/month, pure cash flow.

Other times I find using Thrift (purchased through Amazon) which is pure lye is very useful (boil some water, pour some of the Thrift powder on the drain, pour in the boiling water and stand back; it's quite impressive).