We only found out that early in the lease because of several maintenance issues shortly after the tenant moved in and we have had to go back and forth with the owner for monies to pay certain invoices.

thank you Sarah for reaching out, I will call you shortly to discuss further. 

Whoever actually went to the house claimed to have found a short at the compressor and added 6lbs of freon.Latchel is probably fine if they only triage to our previously vetted contractors, but if "LUGGHOME" is their version of a "preferred contractor", I am out.

It requires less money for a down payment and you can easily convert it to a rental in a short period of time. 

His note seemed to indicate it was an unsecured line of credit so I wouldn't touch that with a 10-foot pole.The short answer is: everything is negotiable.  

For accelerated depreciation purposes, a short-term rental is less than 30 days and the property must be depreciated over 39 years, not 27.5.

Buildium is not appropriate software for short-term.

@Janet Taylor - You could market it to another short term rental investor, fully furnished ready to go and they might pay a premium for that.

Having spent 10 years at Fidelity Investments, I saw firsthand how traditional firms often fall short when it comes to helping real estate investors.

People believe they can short cut this by utilizing search engine marketing (SEM), which is paid for search results.