Congratulations on getting your foot in the STR door, starting out is always a challenge to new host but dont worry you will get there. 

Another case study is were I have been investing in Charleston SC... on what's called the Peninsula. this area is right next to down town and the Mansion area.. its seeing incredible rebirth.. the area was 95% minority up until about 5 years ago... were properties were and are wasting away could not give them away.. now a nicely rehabbed home sells for 200 to 300 a foot... and I have built 22 new builds there on infill that have all sold at or near 400k to 600k  right next to a hood rat LOL literally.

The larger ones are much cheaper per square foot but the rents for the 1,700 to 2500 sq ft cabins have come down as have their prices. 

The best will often ask for nothing until they set foot on the jobsite and really start with site set-up and demo. 

or is this a more historical foot trafic area? 

What that turned into was places that should rent for $750 (for example) getting $1300 or more in rent and section 8 put their foot down and said, if you want top end rents your property better be upgraded top end.

I am aware of California's Prop 13+58+19 prop tax inheritance evolution and its complexities with LLCs but we are not considering inheritance or parent->child gifting etc.

Like many have said here, consumables are reasonable for tenants to foot the bill and replace themselves.  

It's a great way to get your foot in the door in your local market and offset your mortgage while building equity. 

for certain data like price per square foot I've found you can tell them to reference websites holding the data.So far ChatGPT seems pretty good for this purpose but I'm curious to see how Elon's superAI pans out.