I was thinking of writing in my lease something to the affect of "ceiling fans were left here from previous renter, landlord will not replace/maintain ceiling fans. 

As for the permanent upgrades, can the LLC cover and write off items that are considered a repair or upgrade, like painting and flooring, or new AC or hot tub?  

If you are writing the cash you would get back with regards to the monthly savings doing an IRRRL/Streamline refinance then OK, I get it.

You could get a standard one and LLM to write content for you.

I am looking at buying a distressed 1/1 coondo and turning it into a 30 day rental, and am about to write my proposal. 

You don't necessarily need a w2 for active income it can also be anything else like self employment works too you just have to wait one year of tax returns but run your business for at least to years to use it and make sure you don't write off too much as you want to be able to use the income to qualify for a mortgage.

Hello Bp, I wanted to hop on here and write about what I have seen in my backyard STR market in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania.   

Your writing makes it sound like the latter which means they are in fact late every single month and just found a way to avoid late fees.

Those are probably the biggest pieces, the rest is talking to other investors, surround yourself with these folks, build the relationships, run the numbers, get comfortable with the numbers, and start writing offers. 

Hey Jay, thanks for taking the time to write all of this.