However, you need to strike a balance between managing the details and keeping your sights on the bigger picture.

I seem to be striking out when I try to respond to Deb.

Strike while the iron is hot!

If I entered a place with a strong chemical smell, I get a migraine and frankly it would likely ruin my expensive vacation and you would get a bad review.

It’s a very striking number but I believe with the rent potential in my area it could work out.

I pay about $73 a month for a hosted website, 7 or so properties, esign functionality and it has a lot of other functions. if you want to strike out on your own, you can go to capterra.com and search on vacation or, vacation rental software and see other property management systems.it also depends on how many properties you are doing.

Natural disasters strike, flooding, cold, heat, snow, tree branches, fires, random acts of vandalism, etc. will happen.

My sons have roommates, friends, but they still have a month to month lease and it states no guns, no illegal drugs and 3 strikes out on alcohol/drama problems.

$100/mo insurance strikes me as quite low.  

Rather than double the size of the problem by using debt, focus on finding great deals.Most investors will tell you that you can strike a better deal with an all cash purchase.