It’s taken me 5 years to get here and it was worth every second of effort, pain, fear, and risk.

You put all efforts and finally the outcome is zero. 

Nashville is a fantastic market with strong rental demand and long-term growth potential.

I know there are differing opinions on what number they should get a PMC, I think it depends on how much work you want to do and how much time and effort you want to put into it.

Quote from @Jules Aton: When I did a seller finance deal years ago on what would become a long term rental I bankrolled the rehab funds then re-financed when it was finished.

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Option A would allow me to keep it as a long term rental .

If that's the case, you'll want to start with a fix and flip (or hold) type of loan, complete your renovations, get it rented out and THEN refinance into a DSCR loan for a long term hold. 

Try not to get locked in too long 4. we're not necessarily looking to go "all out" in terms of theming, but if we did, what kind of revenue does that bring/ROI can you expect, and which Renos for theming are best to do from a cost-benefit analysis, and what do they typically cost?

Tax deductions / write-offs should be a second concern.There are some rules that you need to follow to treat a short-term rental as 'active'(non passive) income which would allow you to offset it against other forms of income such as rental income / wages.