Aside from financial risk, to me the biggest risks were lack of knowledge, experience, and contacts and so by working with turnkey providers I've attempted to mitigate those risks by relying on them.

Going cheap and attempting to present perfection shows up in pictures. 

We attempted to DSCR this property to pull out equity but were told by the lender (and two other lenders) that DSCR would not be possible given that the home is not appropriately zoned for how we are renting it.

In general, I price myself 10-15% high outside of my avg lead time, and discount fairly aggressively inside the lead time.This strategy attempts to capture both the planners who will pay a small premium to secure a good data ahead of time, and the last minute deal seekers.In general, it seems many people don’t vary between weekend and weekday pricing enough IMHO.2 ideas I’ve toyed with… in 2+ years I’ve never not booked a weekend.

You'll be viewed as having influenced the borrower and causing the loss, if you attempt to foreclose it then may appear that you did so to take a property.

Look up the situation the rapper Killer Mike went through when he attempted and was denied…it’s crazy he didn’t get approved cause his situation was BAD) so the fact that she was able to successfully do it meant that she was in serious, dire straits.

Off market from a realtor attempting to gain a listing from one of my available rentals.

I understand Airbnb's point view based on what you said was going on.The actual owner is going to have to attempt to straighten this out.

FL state law does not require the owner to provide AC but we want to keep the tenants happy so we attempt to do just that.

The reason being every site and project is unique, and while I do attempt to provide a reasonable estimate of what it will take to complete your project there are many factors outside my control.