But hunting for deals in the retail pond will provide less than desired results...unless of course the investor wants to pay near retail and bank on appreciate...which of course is fool's gold. 

You can no longer skimp on these and design the STR as if it were your home - guests want a special experience. 

There are ways to determine the status of a property to benefit from the pre-foreclosure stage. 

Whether it's checking the permit status at the AHJ, notifying us to send an annual rent increase notice, collecting tenant insurance, etc.

If you know the market and if its desirable area that is like finding a pot of gold.

They restricted short-term rentals to one guest per month, then they said only one guest every 90 days.

If you want to do a background check and lease for Airbnb bookings, you have to put it in the house rules so you have the guest agree to do it after confirming the booking on Airbnb.We don't do mid stay cleanings, but we do expect a deeper clean after all our MTR stays.

We were unaware of the guest's involvement in any questionable activities at the time of the interview.

Banks or financial groups won’t do that outside their market.What you offer is gold.

What the company didn’t say was that they were all sex offenders (mostly with kids) who couldn’t be convicted because of their handicap status.