(and who leaves a three year old outdoors alone--unsupervised--that's just asking for trouble?)

The green color is better because you can use it both indoor and outdoor. 

A separate agreement for the purchase of the furniture. 

With mountains, water, and an outdoor community, it draws a vacation population.

I am a designer as well (furniture designer) and I always look at the vacation rental as an opportunity to design an incredible experience for the guest.

I've leveraged my background as a furniture designer to create unique and beautiful experiences for guests, and they pay top dollar to stay at my properties.

Remember the “Skyslide,” that death-defying sky-high outdoor slide, between two of the top floors of the U.S.

For these reasons, I'm thinking it may hinder my overall goals, but don't want to completely rule out the possibility if folks out there have found success.As far as why I'm drawn to the career: flexible schedule, weird love for numbers, driving for dollars between jobs, general REI adjacency, daily variety of location, outdoor/indoor, relatively active (on my feet), potential for solid income after certification (especially on the commercial side). 

If we buy a house that’s already been used as STR are we able to  immediately rent it (post cleaning and furniture set up ) without this permit process .

I'd stick with black matte throughout the entire place if you can swing it.Bathroom - Furniture style vanities are nice with soft close drawers and doors.