My point is that the fairly short duration showed that the West coastal cities do very good on cash flow. 

.- what does underwriting show for return doing STR by room over the duration of your current orders?

That should help your durations. 

Disclaimer: Not all HOAs will allow for short-term rentals; however, most governing these homes permit renting your next-gen suite for durations of 6+ months.Now, not everyone can turn their home into a triplex, I get it.

Guess I’m worried this strategy will slow down my duration but I’d sleep better. anyone else do this, how quickly does this process speed up after 1st house is paid off in full.

Depending on income and loan type, likely mid 7%'s..we've been utilizing some more creative durations as well, 30 & 40 year I/O.

Sends a welcome email as soon the booking is accepted and then sends the pin code based on your settings (I have it set for 1 hour before check-in)you can create a duration pin code (start and end date) remotely from any where in the worlddoes not depend on WIFI to work whatsoeverand it has a "jump start" features so that if it ever runs out of batteries you can still get in the door by placing a 9v battery up to side of the display. no subscription fees!

.]- **Lease:** [Specify lease duration and any other relevant terms.]

The intent with the house that I'm selling was to buy and hold for the duration and I did so for two and a half years, unexpectedly I got an offer that I couldn't refuse.

If you expect only $100 cash flow from one unit, for sure you will never cash-flowing.Rather than having repair cost as a percentage, it's wiser if you put an absolute number for R&M for one property for the duration during ownership, for example, for a duplex it's safe to have $25K budget.