We’ve published blogs and courses on this topic for a few years but unfortunately we still see the incorrect application of law on 70% of incoming STR prospects!

A few small changes can turn things around.If you want to brainstorm some ideas or need a second pair of eyes on your listing, feel free to reach out.

Do you have an idea of the type of properties you want to invest in?

Any thoughtful ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  

Neither I nor others have any idea what has happened to the money, and despite numerous attempts to reach out, there has been no response from him.

If you burn your agent now, who knows how the relationship will be later on.I like the idea of raising the price so all of your closing costs are paid and so is your agent.

Do they have the necessary resources to stay on top of all the tax issues such as 1031 exchanges, 754 Step-Ups, etc.Feel free to send me a private message if you have any questions here.A couple articles you can read that will be helpful:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1206189-cost-...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1204912-how-t...

I've heard they take about 20% of booking profits...I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas and/or resources that I can look in to for different options for my home.

PRELIM LAND PLANNING- do a preliminary layout, please remember stream buffers, specimen trees, ANY jurisdictional waters (its a good idea to have you county water systems guy come walk your property with you to verify any jurisdictional water systems and what the required state and county buffers are for those systems).

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books on this topic, or you can learn about it by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.