More about surveys:A planimetric survey maps out the existing conditions of your property, including the layout of buildings, trees, driveways, and other significant features.

The loans can be good options, though, if you are trying to achieve a lower blended rate or streamline your mortgage payment by just having one payment as opposed to several.

But, point is it's smart not to bake-in a definite high appreciation rate in the near future - that should be a potential bonus, not a feature.

Nope - check out BP's featured DSCR Lenders here https://www.biggerpockets.com/loansyou have come to the right place, BP is a great source for DSCR lenders operating today!

Track what properties are selling, with what features, how fast, and for how much.

A cool feature on VRBO has been the allowance of a video for each property. 

i hear hostaway works good. i just manage my own on 2 OTA platforms. pretty much all is streamlined on there. just have to keep up responsiveness and price optimization. but you could always hire out to a co-host if that would be worth your time. 

For me - I must have value add - whether that means expansion, increasing rates, occupancy %, moving to automation and managing remotely etc - there needs to be a for sure way I can add value and streamline operations.

It's really not that big a deal to deal with and once done, it's a feature. 

I'm paying for the support feature, but yes.