We have a STR on the east of the beach that is about a 5 min dr from the water.

We review with each new tenant what a true 'emergency' is (fire, pouring water, etc) is and what to do if such a thing occurs in the middle of the night.

Many people who choose to self direct their retirement funds choose to become a private lender and either go through brokers who pool money together and loan short term to fix and flippers as an example. 

In 2016 I was pretty much negative cash flow due to snow removal on the roof and water for the lawn. 

The long-term trend will likely see a rebound though as the need for traveling medical professionals is likely to remain high.AirBNB and VRBO are much more capitalized than FF, and they seem to be making a push to get more market share of the MTR renter pool. 

New roof, new gutters, new water heater, trimmed back trees that destroyed roof What was the outcome?

But many areas’ water departments don’t fall under PUC control.

Each class has different tenant pools, appreciation, turnover rates, etc.

We had a fire/landlord policy with Norfolk and Dedham insurance, however after my last tenant and last property manager allowed my property to get into a state of severe disrepair, including water damage from a dishwasher/septic backup, which was never remediated, my insurer dropped me from coverage as a "bad risk" (we had made a claim for the water damage by the tenant).

Most people looking to rent 3 or more bedrooms prefer a yard which means your pool of potential renters will be smaller.For SFRs stick with 3 or more bedrooms.