I would love to just put my mind at ease with a little more knowledge and pointers as to how we can start out as strong as possible.

Little worried about my deposit.

.: Quote from @Jay Hinrichs: having been a back room vendor for Montelongo  Vertucci  rich dad poor dad.I got to interact with hundreds of students.. its like anything RE related only a little worse than say RE agents .. 20% of RE agents make 80s of the income

try to get the owner to finance it.. 

My maintenance is little to nothing as we do the reno correctly.

There may be strategies that require a little more blocking and tackling, but the price, location, and amenities of your property is what is going to attract your target guest.

You probably don't run many applications, so I wouldn't sweat losing a little money on each one.

It is a matter of getting out of your comfort zone a little bit but not so much that you will burn out or lose sleep.

The owners reached out to me from a direct mail campaign.

With the property needing lots of work, I provided a solution to the owner.