Some are rustic while others are luxury.

I have one contact that specializes in luxury and another that is more for "average" STR's.

Make sure to factor in 5-10% vacancy, taxes, insurance, mortgage, repairs & maintenance, lawn care, pest control, management fees, utility costs (goes in your name when vacant), turnover costs, and capex reserves. 

I'll refi in 12 months utilizing the built in equity plus what I earn this year to avoid a huge down payment. 

As a purchaser, I really like when a property already has utilities that are split but I wouldn't pay a 20K premium to do it. 

I have rent charges set up automatically for the duration of the lease and issue new charges each month for utilities I bill back to the tenants. 

It's possible that they are turning up the heat to the maximum because they are part of a utility-subsidized bill program.

We are living in Phuket Thailand currently and this year I utilized the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion to not pay taxes on the first 120k of income. 

My friend @Andrew Bosco specializes in medium term rentals (it should be similar furnishings to STR) and has a pretty sweet checklist that he utilizes for furnishing the property.

its crazy you have section 8 projects . and the ICE housing is brand new or almost new luxury hotels :)