A welcome basket with starter coffee, toiletries, and snacks if they arrive late or have hungry kids.Our properties are on the larger size for our small town (sleeping 9-10 each) so we have board games and one even as a game room for kids with air hockey, ping pong, kids toys since we attract family groups.We've had requests for a hot tub so that would be the next addition.

Sometimes nurses who have recently arrived are in hotels and would love to make the move to a furnished home.

The SOW no becomes the "roadmap" to arrive at the goal.

I always worry about some new legislation arriving and just impacting all investment real estate.

//How We Arrived at this PointHome Partners is the acquisition company owned by Hughes Capital.

Our plan is to include something like "Feel free to send your working email and phone number with us to our team so that we can better coordinate for any emergency during your stay" in our message asking for their estimated time of arrival.

If it is in a hotter market with appreciation, then I settle for break even.

Hotter than the surface of the sun in the summer.Insulation is one of the least expensive ways to help this situation out - you can even rent a cellulose blower at Lowe's or Home Depot for free if you buy 20 bats of insulation. 

By turning the temperature up to 90° the furnace isn't running hotter by any means, it is just running longer, so I don't think you can hold the tenant liable if it breaks. 

What most newbie doesn't understand is:- Reality of business operation vs Forecast/Projection- Understanding X number without context is meaningless, trend is more important.Even with DSCR projection of 1.3x ; their reality later would be 1.15x only when all bills and unexpected bill arrives.