That would put undesirables on notice not to rent from you, and reassure the desirables that it is safe for families.Price your STR as a "suite" with a bedroom and a sofa bed in the family room for the kids, and a small dining table with chairs.  

My Managing Director was one of three brokers who worked exclusively with all the special servicers and he made a good amount of money selling apartments during the recession.

His room is also quite dirty and he cracked apart one of the dining room chairs. 

I think Howard Schultz(Starbucks CEO) sits on Potbelly's board of directors, or atleast did at one point.

A stint at Amazon, Google, FB, Apple, etc. will permanently increase your value elsewhere.Moving to Denver with a "big name" on my resume allowed me to become a director at age 28 at a fairly large tech company.

I also sit on the boards of directors for these HOAs. 

I was able to become the top Regional Sales Director in the company, in my first full year, by bringing an investor mindset to my work. 

I got a nice zero-gravity beach chair, an umbrella, and a new laptop. 

As a director for a well known corporation - if you make above a certain income amount - losses from a rental property may be limited.If you are currently above the threshold - there are certain things that you can do to possibly lower your income which would result in you allowing to take the rental losses.

I literally just threw my first spare apartment on Airbnb without any furniture other than a mattress on the floor, a metal chair, and a wooden electric cable spool... it stayed rented and I was hooked ever since.