Hi guys, I’ve bought my first STR home, and in 2 weeks got it furnished, met neighbors, found someone to “emergency manage’ and clean as I’ll be long distance, now all that’s left is my city- required safety inspection and a few more organizational things.

Again read the nys guidelines and make sure you are squeaky clean with your dates. if in the event you mess up the timeline there is the possibility that your eviction would be delayed due to not following the NYS guidelines.

And worst case, they start to clean up, sort of clean up, just enough to stave off a few more months of actions but never enough to truly cure anything, and it's a cycle of pain for years. 

The issue I find is that when I go to list my units, which are clean and moderately upgraded apartments in Little Havana and Allapattah I literally have 70 applicants in 24hrs via facebook marketplace or through the apartment rental platform my property management software interfaces with (like Apartments.com etc).So when I have 70 people lining up with first, last and deposit with no other middleman or agency impeding the process or requiring inspections or causing delays or requesting additional paperwork be filled out where is my incentive to go the section 8 route?

If you want to sell for a decent price, you need to clean up the issues.2.

Your "generally cleanish" tenant will leave you a mess to clean up, you'll lose a couple months of rent and utilities, and you'll realize that a $50 late fee isn't extra income.Don't reward her with cash for keys.

Have clear guidelines about who is responsible for cleaning.

It connects my airbnb and VRBO calendars, offers automated messaging, smart lock integration, cleaning calendar/reminders, and offers pretty good income reports.

Also, when you are calculating returns, don't forget that utilities are in your name, you need to pay for internet and Netflix, paper towels, toilet paper, laundry and cleaning supplies, extra sheets, towels, pillows, etc.  

Things such as; toilet paper, drinking water, pet supplies, linens and hot tub chemicals and cleanings that we didn't initially factor into our Pro Forma's..The costs of these are real, but even realer are the stocking, cleaning and preparing a space for visitors in a few hours between check ins.