If you can't satisfy this 3 point test, there's significant risk associated with pursuing an STR strategy no matter how well the project underwrites today.

Will you hit the pavement and find them yourself through marketing, driving for dollars, cold calling?

The market drives commissions. 

People don't walk in and say "I need you to prescribe me X" without the physician asking a lot of questions, drawing blood, and doing other tests.

i think throwing in some sort of an IQ test along with the application should be mandatory. 

Looking at a HUD home where the pressure test failed for the plumbing.

Stairs can be $8 each plus replacing the existing padding will drive the end costs up.

A non-resident alien for tax purposes is a person who is not a U.S. citizen and who does not meet either the “green card” or the “substantial presence” test as described in IRS Publication 519, U.S.

And, fair warning to all (and we will give warning, except in cases that are so long overdue we should have dealt with them years ago), thinly veiled attempts to drive business, without a real effort to provide practical advice, will be similarly moderated going forward. 

I am looking for a basic CRM to help me keep track of the properties that I find while driving for dollars.