Using automation can certainly help at scale for easy things, but if you have one STR and can't be bothered to respond promptly to your guest, I can guarantee this business will not go well for you.

We take the T12 roll it forward, we strip out anomalies and one-time expenses and then layer in base assumptions and any known large expenses that are planned for the next 12 months.

Well that hits home when you put it that way! 

Mid thirties couple earning very well (more than 8X rent) with a small pet.

I took about 4 pictures of that post as well.

I actually like brush strokes in old houses as well.

Well-maintained homes: Homeowners tend to spend more time and money maintaining their homes, which contributes to the overall quality of the neighborhood.

Well I am a limited partner and retired on caah flow.

You can consider the medium term route as a possbility as well so you can still occupy it for a few weeks a year.  

There is a ton of risk for the seller as we know in these deals and there are bad actors in these deals as well.. ran into many of them buy sub to never pay of the mortgage rip the rents and down the road..some off those folks got criminally charged and got prison time..