How do you protect your STR from bedbugs.As far as furnishings, I would go to either a high-end thrift store, or a lower end antique store.

Most leases you can purchase are generic in nature and do not equip you with very helpful tools to manage your property in the most effective and efficient manner, lowering costs, reducing liabilities, creating revenue centers, etc. 

San Antonio offers more relaxed rules, steady tourism, and possibly lower property costs.

However, if you decide to sell after holding the property for over a year, you could qualify for long-term capital gains tax, which is lower than ordinary income tax.

Consider lowering the rent.

I always look at current ARV and use that or lower for my sales price, never higher because I can't guarantee the market.

So, we've shifted gears for our real estate investing strategy to just purchasing a long-term rental.After joining this group and learning a lot, and given the housing prices in the Greater Seattle area, the lower rent-to-price ratios, bad landlord-tenant laws, and the astronomical prices, we are seriously considering investing out of state.

This implies residential units can be built at lower costs and provide better return. 11) adding an ADU to SFH can make the SFH fall under rent control.

Other areas may have lower costs to build, etc. and if there's huge demand, it may make sense to do spec homes, etc. 

Most get in trouble by under raising while trying to negotiate better ownership splits for themselves due to the lower equity raise.