But there are interesting fun vibes here at BP when specific people interact, I can even predict what they're going to say and what these two folks going to debate ;-) , the forum is like a fruit market, where everyone is throwing their opinion and then for an answer that you're looking for, you write down that answer in your brain. 

However, like you I'm looking for low hanging fruit (easy improvements) to set myself apart from other units.

So in theory it can't be a LTR if we move out someday, but a lease naming a tenant as "manager" probably gets around that.I've thought a bunch about how to improve the property's cash flow, and there's lots of marketing and operational low-hanging fruit before we get to capital improvements. 

I have done interior ivy walls, ice cream makers, fresh squeeze orange juice, and even converted an outdoor shed into a "Van Gough Art Studio" to give 1 house a leg up.

Relaxing occupancy limits seems like low hanging fruit in that effort. 

The juice should be worth the squeeze 

Keeping up with the return delta their competition was offering.2. to keep up they had to take on not so great short term or bridge debt so it juiced their out of the box return numbers.3.

If it's working as an LTR and you are cash flowing, I'd be willing to bet that the juice won't be worth the squeeze in converting them to STRs. 

Sustainability is a very personalized thing depending on what juices your soul.  

It took a long time before I ever saw the fruits of my labor take form and I can tell you humbly that most of that time working was spending learning how to get out of my own way.