You can use this heavy-handed option as a bargaining chip in your favor though to negotiate some sort of early termination agreement.

You cant have any chipped paint.

For cash flow, I rely on dividend paying blue chips and mortgage REITs.  

Class B (second generation, mid size, suburban, drive up, may include climate control)  equal to a Blue Chip stock. 

@Chip Stroz Happy to connect and share what we’re doing Chip.

Columbus, OH specifically is poised to continue to be a cash flow and appreciation area with a strong job market, recently winning a smart city grant of $50 Million dollars, and Intel investing more than $20 Billion to build a new chip factory. 

Stack the wood you can't chip in a shed or under a tarp for a year and then use it or give it away as firewood.

As far as leverage goes, You can use your commissions as a bargaining to chip to provide a better offer.

I just try to be the type of landlord that I would want, and let the chips fall as they may.

Unless you're in some incredible "blue chip" area with the perfect STR, perfect price, perfect location, you are not going to achieve that kind of occupancy on a regular basis.