At court make sure its said he didn't pay/paid late, you didn't renew and he is still there.

You pay in two ways:  Upfront cost and in pre-payment penalty. 

Quote from @Aaron Zimmerman: @Justin Cummings - congratulations on building a nearly paid off portfolio.

Now, if she did that in a prior year, you technically would have paid less taxes than you should have and will likely need to amend your return.

The Airbnb paid for almost all the expenses of owning the home and my "rent" was just putting $200-300 away each month in savings for maintenance and capex.

we do a brief pre-application online before offering to physically show any apartments. 

Will they accept pre-payments?

It's definitely nice to have a paid off rental.

Thank you yes that make sense, inclining towards using a combination of free sites and select one paid site like FF, in fact I am looking similar to you for 3 months minimum stay and yes, rooms are furnished.

Purchasing a land lot and then using the paid off lot to secure a construction loan from a bank could also be a viable option rather than fixer upper or turnkey.