I found what seemed to be a great property with a house for an STR and other space that I could expand for camping/RV sites and a barn that could be converted into a venue for events. 

In Spain, this is usually seen more as a barrier as people rather would invest in individual units (less purchase capacity needed), but by rethinking the setup up it matches the criteria of a multi-family deal.

Perhaps its time to up grade the entire kitchen.As for the washing machine, I would simply say to the next tenant, there is a hook up.

I am going to have to have my realtor make an addendum to the lease. the tenant has been paying for utilities up until this point. has anyone ever been through this?

We've used LLCs by going to sunbiz.org, setting up the LLC, and then heading over to IRS.gov to get the EIN (Tax ID) number.

It's all about risk in the event of a lawsuit, which can also usually be covered by insurance.- If you decide to have an LLC for each property, creating a Management LLC that all the other LLCs "hire" to run their books, will allow you to only require a bank accont for the Management LLC.2) You may not be able to do a Trust.

@Eric Inigo Seems an interesting way to set up a rental.

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Sheetrock laying on the kitchen island to make walls all the way to these temp walls.

If you found a few handymen you could rely on, and make a trip out there for a few days to get things set up with shopping, decorating, and furnishing the STR that would remove the red flag of the property manager, and significantly boost your material participation hours to clear one of the thresholds.