Some attorneys charge for every communication and any contact with your attorney that is not case related may rack up fees to you.

@Ben Cochran I hope you have factored STR tax savings into your cashflow and ROI as it can be significant.

Next step"If you could sell today, what would you like to get for your property, considering no closing cost, no realtor fees, and as-is condition? 

There are more factors than just pure cashflow and it seems like you are in a good position to be successful.  

Then he charges me his bank's $13 fee, so a total of $63.     

If she pays, then your really out of luck and you have to sue her in court for breaking the lease and damages.In general, I don't take people to court once I have the property back as the attorney fees and the fact you RARELY collect on any judgements (15% of the time or less) eats any profit and wastes your time.

I create a comp set to dive into the competition and analyze how many other MTR homes there are, what cleaning fees are being assessed, booking lead time, # bedrooms and competition and if EV charge, Pet policy and Pools make a difference.JURNY for a PMS system & channel manager.

In all, the transactional/exit fees are disproportionately higher when selling the inexpensive SFH homes.

In this case, am I still able to count the inspection fee as a capital loss, even though this expense occurred before I rented out my first property?

Annual fee of $1,000, no other payment options.