Binghamton is an extra hour you don’t need to drive. 

I would have an extra light on a stand to brighten the spaces.2) Your first photo is of an empty room to a doorway.

 - a study on rent cost compared to ownership cost shows that virtually every large city market it is initially cheaper to rent than own (I believe is was cheaper to went in 97 of the largest 100 markets)Miami and Florida have extra concerns:- insurance difficulties have resulted in large increase in insurance costs.  

Now your fully renovated home is getting top dollar rents, you could probably refinance too since rates are poised to go lower (lowering your monthly obligation), you could open a HELOC before you move with the extra equity and use that to fund your next deal and now you have 2 homes! 

Maybe to have extra cash for repairs. 

With all of that said, my main goal is to have long term appreciation and if there is a little extra cashflow at the end of the month, great. 

@John Cooper when you or someone you care about is living in the home it is important to be extra vigilant in choosing tenants.

I've allowed pets in my STR for five years and haven't had any problems except some extra cleaning a couple times, which was paid for by the guest. 

Yesterday, the landlord stated that it was their impression that we had agreed to painting not only the two rooms but extra rooms as well and now they are saying they are going to void the clause and raise the rent back to $3200, or we have to paint extra rooms not agreed upon.

In practice, this could mean 5 extra days that no rent is collected.