It sounds like this person is essentially a general contractor or do you already have that role...in your case I would think your project manager would manage the GC (i.e, make sure they are on schedule, under budget, and quality is up to par). 

Generally speaking, when scrolling through listings, I'm looking for 3 things: pets allowed because I always travel with my dog, quality furnishings including comfortable living room seating (futons are a definite NO) and a king sized bed.

One’s competitive advantage as an investor primarily comes from superior intimate market knowledge.

Not too low either, you don't want to go with someone who is just focused on price as this is a quality of a not-so-great accountant.

It penciled ITM on entry though.Even in the low rate era that was the case, that's not to say buy OTM... but it's to say buy quality.

We were not getting a ton of leads and I quickly realized the PM just posts on Zillow and waits so I started hustling on FB market place and commenting on other people's post in the local Facebook groups.Lot of junk applications but did start to grab quality tenants.

Obviously paying interest on underutilized capital is sub-optimal but when factoring in the cumulative proposed transactional savings, the annual total interest cost could be equivalent or lower than the net of an alternative home equity line of credit on the same principal loan amount.One 'hack' could be to delay the actual closing of the DSCR loan until a quality purchase prospect is identified and/or near under contract.

Having boots on the ground with an STR can make or break the guest experience, as well as preventative maintenance and quality upkeep of your unit. 

Like others have mentioned, you will pay structurally more for a home warranty than self-insuring for the cost of repairs.This may be worth it if the value proposition was that you could be hands-off whenever a covered item breaks.In reality, it adds significant overhead because there is the claims process and you give up control of the repair timeline and quality as you have discovered.

Any suggestions on a good quality LVP that will last while also being a good price?