Fees were reasonable.

Is there some reason the early bird pricing went up without a deadline and without warning?

I have always preferred to stay in the areas I know and that are within a reasonable driving distance for me 90ish minutes from my home.

Quote from @Andrew Steffens: I think going into an STR purchase with reasonable expectations of cashflow in this current market and rate environment is admirable. 

I think courses are great as long as they are reasonably priced (think $500 or less).

I can's imagine a situation where all 4 tenants have elected to hand wash their clothes and use the dryer (there is no utility sink in the laundry room).Can you think of any reasons why the dryer would be used that much more/washer used that much less?...

I don’t know what the costs would be to “scale” from the volume you do now to a volume you’re targeting, but it’s probably a reasonable investment.  

Unfortunately, this problem waste a lot of my time that could be spent on other investments.I have used the same tax professional for many years and he is very educated, but also much older than me and it's hard for me to understand all the reasons he has expressed why is better to put the rental on my personal tax returns.

In my mind, the reason for doing this would be to have two engaged platforms versus one dominant one.

(aside from the 1 or 2 homes that have stunning overlook views).When building out your buy box, are you all using the averages, or are you basing your min/max on the cream of the crop listing revenues, even when there aren't clear reasons as to why they are performing so much better than others?