Giving them a financial hand to leave could be to your benefit, but I would keep that in my back pocket until its necessary. 7.

Long-term wealth is it's superpower, and yes, you have a little cash flow to keep the lights on. 

Biggest lesson learned was to keep at it, keep learning, and work with seller and title company to get the deal done.

It might be the way I have to keep going but it's why I'm exploring this fund option as an alternative.1.

I've had so many sellers list their rental properties with me asking me to keep it as discreet as possible as they have many "friends" who are Realtors that they didn't want to often.

Keep us updated. 

Like @Collin Hays said, it is being driven more by neighbors tired of poor STR owners not keeping things sorted.We only look for places in vacation areas with a long history of owner driven STRs vs big cities and the like.

Obviously I want to keep my costs low but still want to spring for amenities that would give me a competitive edge compared to other rentals.

I have been keeping them between $9,000 to $10,000, does anyone go higher?

And the elected officials and tenants wonder why rent keeps going up so much.I have been having to put in a lot of fire systems in properties we manage.