Otherwise taking detailed videos and pictures for the contractor to get a good idea of budget should be sufficient to get a realistic budget. 

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

The pics, snippets and videos of influencers living a particular lifestyle are selling people emtpy dreams. 

Of course, you won't listen to this common sense because you know more than everyone else here on BP and will have to learn the hard way.So, recommend you find and attend some local investor meetings or commit to watching all the videos and reading all the material here on BP that you can.Good luck:)

Initially the only person with a key was the responsible manager from the company but we found youtube videos showing how to break it - can't assign blame but something was not smelling good.

Does my STR need a Ring Doorbell camera? 

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

I just watched their video.

I've bounced around social media watching many videos, but decided to follow along the BP forums.

Also look at having a security alarm and cameras put in.