As the tax code is concerned all of the costs to create your rental property business (buying it and making it usable for it's intended use) and one in the same. 

My concern is about the veracity of what the tenant reported.

As far as title is concerned, our clients are free to choose any title company that they would like.

As someone actively investing in STRs and looking to scale, this raises some concerns for me about the long-term viability of this strategy.I understand the tension between hotels and STRs, especially in popular tourist destinations, but I’m curious:How real is this threat?

This concerns me about the potential to maintain a solid tenant base and would likely cause a higher vacancy factor.

If.a general inspector sees something of concern they will then recommend a structural engineer review the property. 

Several factors indicate the company is not that concerned about efficiency or ease of customer process: the website, a process that seemed to focus on one issue at a time instead of all issues at once, and consistently poor communications and lack of common sense from the loan analyst we were assigned.It started off very well with the initial point of contact, Austin Lornson, who did a fine job of explaining the general refinancing process, responding quickly and thoroughly to our questions.

While OOS investing can be very challenging due to unfamiliarity with the location, building a team of professionals that you trust can help to alleviate those concerns.

We tried to sell in 2023, but the tenant had health issues, so we decided to let them stay.

The irony is most who post in these forums about entity formation and asset protection are solely concerned with preparedness for when claims arise without understanding the true ramifications, don't know the difference between being a certificate holder and additional insured status,  what indemnification means etc.