The benefit of the outskirts of town: easier to find new place to build, land is cheaper, still in the path of gentrification and appreciation due to proximity to SLC market, no HOA to deal with, much less permitting and red tape, and these lead to new builds, which has the benefits of maximizing costseg and minimizing maintenance and repairs because the build is brand new.Happy to discuss by videoconference if you want, and I can pay you for your time. 

Beyond that, I remember being a hotel guest when I spilt a bottle of red wine on the room's bedding and the hotel didn't bat an eye.

Thousands of questions have been covered and discussed in this forum that you can read casually or do deep dive topic searches on. 

Our backgrounds include owning and operating properties under Choice, Hilton, Sonesta, and Red Roof Inn brands.This will be the second Marriott-branded hotel in Smithfield, with the other being an older Fairfield Inn.

For some reason to him this is a red flag to the IRS.

I would add that the current Utah investment market is red hot and it is hard to find good rental units for a decent price.  

No politics allowed....but you can almost just go with Red State vs Blue State....

You won't be able to weather the volatility unless you have very, very deep pockets.

And anything you spill goes right over them, so red wine or pasta sauce will do a number on them.At least with wood finish, it blends in well, though curious to see any and all replies.

Quote from @George Red: @Eric Gerakos this may be a silly question, but how do you deny partial payment... the tenant has been paying by Venmo/Cashapp (which may be a problem in itself) or are you just saying in terms of setting expectations with the tenant.