Here's the link to their website: www.stayhikaru.com

The “hot tub show” models will work, but you will do more work on them in the end.  

when you purchase a property, there are closing costs on top of the purchase price, and closing costs can be substantial - especially if there are points on the loan. 

Hi Ryan,Welcome to the landlord journey!

If you can't find people to live in the house, that's the risk you have to take.

U can check out  ivyridgeestatescanby dot com for my 90 home project in Oregon that I did with my oregon bank and then my website for pictures of homes we built in Charleston SC which is the only market I tagged HML ( lima one) and only one time the rest were done with Ameris bank or Service first bank that is local in the market. its all about the three C's  Character Collateral and capacity..

The ability to effectively self manage would depend on the scale you are trying to buy. 

You have an STR listed on the Airbnb platform.Why not look at the design of highly sucessful STR'S in your area and copy some of the best ideas?

Hit a few bumps throughout the process but overall went good and onto the next one! 

You can look on websites like https://www.corporatehousingbyowner.com/search/United-States... and https://www.furnishedfinder.com to see what similar houses are rented for.