Today's lesson: why I won't use VRBO Pre-Approval anymore.I get inquiries from time to time asking things like- is your place truly ski in/ski out?

Building a sport court will run like $30 grand, but would increase your rental value. a 6bedroom 4 bath house with a sport court, hot tub, fire pit, mini golf, arcade etc. will most likely crush it because it's cool.

Lessons learned?

Lessons learned?

I did minor improvements to both of those, but unfortunately had to replace the roof on each (Flat roofs suck, lesson learned).

Depending on the country there also might be fire risk mitigations.

They focus on safety issues, such as wood rot, water damage, and structural integrity of balconies and decks.

I'd say everything else is the consequence of the 2 points above - the weather and the state of economic affairs influences everything else, including safety, infrastructure, the condition of housing stock, etc.

From what i understand, the space heaters are a big fire hazzard. does your insurance allow them?

Lesson learned: Always think of a Plan B in case renting isn’t an option anymore.