High probability that you’ll uncover an oh-$**** issue that will reduce or eliminate your projected profit. 

However, we still get beat up on a daily basis over our fees.I left one of the largest PM companies, who had those exact fees, and started my own business with the sole intention of eliminating all of those fees.

1) Research Zoning of similar property2) Do search with same zoning criteria with propertyradar or have title company give you a list.3) Possibly filter by satellite photos to eliminate undesirable topography.

Can you eliminate markets that wont work? 

.#1:  Rules of thumb will eliminate good deals as well as bad. 

If they are trying to do that, it is only a matter of time before they eliminate STRs all together.

.- Plan: eliminate AMT - Alternative Minimum Tax.

We used to try to offer to comp and cancel right away if they were a pain so their stay would be eliminated, but I don't know if you still can do that.

Usually higher priced units eliminate a lot of the issues.

Name one product that completely eliminates lead generation costs, and efforts, where the leads chase you instead of you chasing them?