Professional videos are by orders of magnitude more expensive and it is very hard to make an average (not high end) home look great on video. 

I'm not in your market, but once I had specific properties identified I called around to get quotes for lawn, pest, and internet, and then got average monthly expenses for utilities and added a buffer to get my OpEx.

Will average all deposits over last 12 months to calculate monthly income, and then depending on the type of business, apply an expense ratio. 

I don't mind paying fee, if I am getting a better return after fee.If you look at the sum of all the fee of a life insurance and divide them by the total length of the life insurance, you will see that the average yearly fee is lower than most of mutual fund.And I agree with @Jeff Nash that Dave Ramsey is of great help for people who don't know how to manage their money and are getting in debt.

But if they are moving because of too many maintenance issues, that’s something you can (or at least could have) fixed.Think of it this way: Let’s say your average vacancy is two months between tenants (turnover and time to lease).

I've been in the construction industry since i was a teenager and thats a long time ago.

I regularly attend workshops and seminars to stay updated on industry trends and best practices.

But it also comes with more risk in terms of evictions and damages - which you can never collect for.But STRs don't have any issues with evictions and damages are typically covered by the STR insurance or sometimes the Property Management company has its own insurance too.The other thing is that, on average, STRs tend to generate more income than LTRs. 

Real estate investing is forgiving; the average person can still make money even with some big mistakes.

I did a ton of research and talked to dozens of people in the insurance industry before reaching a decision.