However, due to the whole area now being deemed by insurance companies as a "fire-risk" zone, I can't find a single insurance company to put a STR endorsement on a regular home owner policy up there.

Some strategies to lessen the negative cash flow are: house hack and rent out the other unit as a mid-term rental (to traveling professionals or for people temporarily displaced because of insurance reasons like fire) or short-term rental (business or vacation).

Then fire your current PMC.Then, pursue them for what they owe.

Tenant brought throw rugs . so at turn over it was just take a fire hose to the interior for the turn. :) LOVE IT. 

They are in Fountain Square, Crooked Creek, and Forest Manor/Audubon Gardens.I normally see expense ratios sitting around 40-50% for SFH's, is this accurate for this area? 

And always have the ability to fire a builder and pay out for work (which is why you don't want them to front load the contract) in case they simply aren't producing.New construction seems risky. 

If you have any questions that I can answer, fire away!

I have yet to see code violations, water shut offs, and fire damaged properties. 

The owners actually look forward to firing people.

Good for him to enter then, but to give that advice is completely missing the forest for the trees. ****, I married during the GR and divorced a bit post it.