I am a rental property investor but i hate making things complex and the last thing i wanted to do was create a separate bank account for each property..yikes.

International Students are moving because they claim they cannot afford it, coupled with tuition fees.

Quote from @William A Colas: Hey guys, been lurking on BP for a couple years.

I've been down this road with a couple of investor clients before.

Booking lead time has been dramatically dropping over the last couple of years, and people booking week of is becoming more common, especially for smaller places. 

But as soon as you make a direct booking site and start an escrow account (among other things) you then cross that legal boundary between a co-host and a property manager needing a broker license (depending on your state).We CO-HOST for others and remain separated from those legal parameters that would consider us a property manager.

We have a partnership entity, so it has to file separately and needs balance sheet accounting.

That’s a game-changer when it comes to flipping profits.Your scenario reminds me of a client I worked with in San Diego who flipped a condo after living there for a couple of years.

We have a few properties that are held as JV's in separate LLC's and just want to make sure all is above board.Thank you, and Happy Holidays! 

You may pay 1.5m and up for a good one, likely more if parking and balconies, but the play is to buy a multi and then wait and in a few years, turn them into condos and sell them separately - that's how you make the money there.