Short-term rentals mainly cater to vacationers.

Unless it's cost-prohibitive, I'd remove it for the same reasons people have stated: 1.

I am mainly a buy-and-hold Investor for this reason.

Likely the reason it cash flows on paper is due to a very large construction component that you might be underestimating.

This is tough for new investors that focus so hard on cash flow as their main criteria.

Mainly because, while I think there are some that offer truly valuable information, you need to know where you "holes" are to make sure you are plugging those. 

What’s your main reason for considering a property management company?

And that is the reason why a LIRP can provide much more retirement income.You don't pay interest on the loans and the death benefit pays off the loans when you die.

The main reason is that it is not initially set up for a Real Estate business like other “real estate-specific” accounting software.

Since it was 3 stories it was economic to run a main truck line from the basement to the third floor and a main return duct from the basement also to the third floor; and several other smaller runs.