Many people have the desire to start but fall short because they never make that first move.

This means you’ll pay short-term capital gains tax at your regular income tax rate.2.

It ultimately boils down to what you can tolerate in the short and long term if you choose to hold onto the property.However, if you do end up selling the property, a 1031 exchange will allow you to defer all of the tax from any gain and the recapture of depreciation on the property. 6 years of depreciation will not be huge.

I also own some long-term rentals and a short-term rental.

I recommend my Students/Partners read several books, #1 for you would be Acres of Diamonds If you're serious, and this seems like you're an AI traffic generating post, how about a short Book Report on that story?

It'll be confusing in the short term, I think people assume it's inflationary.

@Kristian Forbes Short of doing another house hack or negotiating the purchase price down a fair amount, I think that's going to be a tough one to make the numbers work.

Quote from @Andrew Steffens: I would follow the advice above to see if you can improve seated comfort but short of that I would not go and replace, at least not yet.  4 stars is good and it seems you will get more 5 stars based on 2 previous to bring it up. 

If the property is close enough, you can also forego the property management and handle it yourself in the short term. 

Most HOAs in this area don't allow short term rentals, only long term tenants. 3) Make sure you have a great team to guide the transaction so nothing gets missed!