You need to decide what you like in terms of communication and then determine what price you are willing to pay for that service.

Does anyone have any advice on effectively setting up temporary battery-operated cameras on a long-term rental property to deter break-ins and squatters while rent-ready repairs are being made before a tenant moves in?

Working with a mortgage broker that specializes in DSCR loans will help you find better rates and programs such as lower DSCR ratios such as a DSCR 1 ratio for better terms versus needing a 1.2 or 1.25 DSCR ratio (more on that below).

My name is Dima, I was in tech for a long time and got into real estate and business investing in late 2023. 

I would find a loan officer that does both conventional and FHA renovation loans to compare which has better rates and terms for your situation.

I generally went with private money first because I’d get better rates and terms.

Longer-term, I’d like to integrate machine learning to categorize issue types and trigger workflows.

And even then, the life cycle is generally pretty long from first contact to closing.  

Option A would allow me to keep it as a long term rental .

Part of those cuts included the short-term rental tax loophole, a strategy real estate investors can use to help mitigate their rental income tax by offsetting earned income with real estate losses, and could be renewed or extended.