Ring cameras, Minut device, a good cleaner, and smartlock activity log on the app, is your best friend for remote managing.

Madison is generally higher priced than Milwaukee, but the almost bigger issue is landlord-tenant law in Madison (Dane County) is getting out of control.

Utilities, taxes (property, local vacation, & income), landscaping, furnishing / decorations / amenities, pest control, & supplies (soap, TP, etc) are the big ones on my STR calculator that you didn't mention.I'd also recommend using the enemy method to determine expected income.

I would get a google voice number to give out to tenants because I can control when they rings and when I receive messages etc.

You will need to open the files on a computer and, if so desired, transfer that information to your device, either using your device cable or by emailing yourself the unzipped file and opening the file on your device. 

It’s all integrated and easy to manage from PC or mobile device.

What matters is positive and growing NOI, controlled interest expense, and controlled capex and improvement costs.  

Absolutely, Clearwater definitely has tighter controls on short-term rentals compared to Tampa and St.

Even if California will not relent on adjusting emission control standards, and the more than 1,000 supplemental workers at the Stellantis Toledo Jeep plant who are expected to rise to full-time permanent status are laid off, on balance, local incomes are rising.For the vast majority of individuals, a home is the largest single investment of a lifetime.

Need advice from investors who have done 6 months buyout of loan partnersScenarioInvest 50 k, loan partner invests 50 k , buy using DSCR in a LLC for STRAgreement using attorney is, pay 60 k to loan partner after 6 months and then LLC has only one member which is me and I control that propertyAnyone done this or a  variance of this?