I don't necessarily think that you need full scale design, but having a 1-2 hour consultation with a designer to pick out paint color, give ideas for basic furnishings, or to create mood boards is a good use of time and money. 

No investigating a mood issue further when the report comes back as "possible mold".

Nicole, If you visit Stockholm in Sweden you are very welcome to stay at my country side hotel.

The long, cold, dark winters and falls really do have a bad habit of affecting people's mood and make them to get easily depressed over more or less trivial things...

It appeared to have a serious mood issue so I'm wondering if anyone else in Grand Rapids or West Michigan has dealt with removing mold and if you have any experience or recommendations  for companies that do it.  

(in a good mood)Talking only about real estate and drive.

Also, I do some of the finishes myself, so I'm not always in the mood to grout tile, lol.All that said.... currently the market here is ... stupid expensive and hot.

I'm in a good mood so I will dismiss your reply. 

@Jason Clemens Provided you can take enough cash out on the LTR to be meaningful I would recommend you take cash out of that and get a new STR, or if you are in a particularly aggressive mood you could sell and take that cash to get more than one property, with the goal to have the second property be either easier to manage than your current LTR or double down on 2 STRs. 

I know we always try to treat everyone the same, but some days just my mood can make me make my decisions slightly faster or slower, or might change how I word a text message.I would be very cautious about paying any utilities that have variable usage rates controlled by tenants.