The recession is still in fresh in the eyes of hoteliers.

Do the walls need a good cleaning or a fresh coat of paint? 

Simple question.3 options.1.Keep Garage2.Renovate garage into a small "man cave"3.Take garage down and lay fresh grass for backyard.

Us bank played trustee and guarantor in sham of a foreclosure where they could not prove they were a PETE  and had been hit with their 4 the ftc sanction FOR stealing homes, used hole in the wall attorneys in Bellingham using typos in name and address to not get flagged for too many foreclosure by the courts, Windermere stellar real estate who say outside of my home waiting to lock me out despite supreme court stay on their theft, judge Lewis who signed every Forged/inaccurate/misleading  paper they put through AND denied my restraining order of the real estate company staying called them to see if they were harassing me and they Said no so denied temp and all together day in court altogether plus put a no Bail hold on me after looking my arrest for trespassing even though was taken out of his jurisdiction and in federal court staying paperwork not filed correctly then laughing saying I didn't know why You're here is in supreme court when I got out of jail and made it to court hearing, the assessor for king county who was on third foreclosure company because feds kept shutting them down so opened new one in different name, every process server was at least 200 miles from me and each one different for each document never served to me but judge Lewis signed them anyways(one was supposedly served to me 3 months before case was even filed), Vancouver Police department who had no jurisdiction on the civil matter that arrested me and gave my house keys to the realtor that was sitting outside waiting, and finally to the site veteran that they used to sign in all three places to transfer title and get veterans protection for title after 2 illegal auctions, one public one private, where they were only bidders and opening bid was above value of house, paperwork stated was bought by lsf8 AGAIN!!! 

I had a similar experience with birds nesting inside my fresh air exchange vent to an HVAC system.   

I am well aware that nobody who bought into this was thinking in purely analytical terms when they bought it -- there was a national media figure freshly retired from a network a lot of people trust at the head of it, waving them in.

When you run your comps, are you using comps from when you got the hard money loan, or are you pulling fresh comps before your refinance?

According to HUD Fair Market Rental Rates for 2024, the market rent for each unit in the 34608 zip code is $1,700 per month.While the units are in good condition, consider updating the kitchen, bathrooms, and fixtures and adding a fresh coat of paint for a fix-and-flip strategy.

Your best bet is to keep a pulse on the area and fresh listings, but to otherwise venture just north or south.Focus on the areas that are more inviting and often even more monetizing, if you want to improve your chances for a short term rental permit on the Oregon Coast. 

If it were me, I'd buy a couple of them and ask my cleaner to swap out the batteries if they saw the batteries were under a certain level with fresh ones, and then have the cleaners charge up the batteries as part of the service contract with them.Mike