Also I am having more and more difficulty finding insurance companies service STRs.My agent recommended a visitor covering option to my regular insurance.

If the tenant later complains you threw out $2,000 worth of belongings, you can hit back by showing you spent $3,600 to turn the unit around.The difficulty with this approach is that $2,000 worth of belongings could FAIRLY result in a $20,000 judgement against you!

If you are comfortable with the risk, then the difficulty of buyers getting insurance is a negotiating chip. 

I'm sorry to learn of the difficulty you have faced.Our custodian is American Estate and Trust and not APS (American Pension Services). 

Should count for the more local couple, but for the longer travelling couple may be more difficulty to prove that are going to the property to explicitly work on the property.5.

They're just working for themselves now instead of someone else.Completely replacing your W2 job with passive income in 3-5 years is much more difficult. I

I never recommend selling a house unless you are selling it to invest the money in something that provides a greater return, or you are experiencing financial difficulty and can't get out of it through other means (e.g. a part-time job).Have you considered living in the 5bed house and renting out a couple of the spare rooms?

PM’s I’m not defending the unlicensed plumber but that’s how so many of those companies make margin, if you want someone licensed the easiest way is to self manage a property (I have a duplex 1.5 away I self manage, have a great plumber, he’s literally replacing a hot water heater tomorrow while I’m 1.5 hours away) as far as the future, it’s really important to try to take the emotion out which I know can be difficult, is this a property that has had issues but can be corrected and become a profitable and relatively easy property to manage.

I need a site plan and rendering to submit for the permit as well and am having difficulty locating the right person. 

About 9 acres land is available .How difficult is it to get it rezoned to commercial to set up a gas station?