@Anthony Zotto- if you started the application with the CU and locked the rate in - your rate wont  automatically  decrease  if  rates  improve . 

This has caused an 18% decrease in "asking" rental rates since March of this year.

We start asking for near top-of-market rent and notice when we decrease rent 5-10% after the first week or two of marketing that magically the tenants with longer rental histories, no evictions and stable (but not necessarily lucrative) jobs start showing interest in the listing. 

But that would decrease my cash flow significantly.

Credit crunch hit it hard, which wasn't felt immediately but resulted in decreased gross sales by 2010, which prompted me to stop it. 

In a recession the STR market will be the first to get hit and your proposal doesn't have an exit strategy as the value of the property along with daily rates would decrease substantially. 

Neither of them ever had projected negative cash flow close to these amounts using conservative expense numbers.Some act like cash flow is guaranteed, but at the Great Recession there was many markets that had large decreases to revenue (lower rent and/or higher vacancy rates).  

If you have ever been confused as to why a big decrease or increase in CPI didn’t seem to move things, this is probably why.Jobs reportAnother key monthly economic data release from the BLS that can greatly affect interest rates is the jobs report, which estimates how many overall jobs (nonfarm payroll employment) were added or subtracted in the prior month, as well as a calculation of the unemployment rate.In 2024, this report may have overtaken CPI as the biggest market mover, as many financial experts expect the Fed to potentially cut rates if large job losses occur and the unemployment rate spikes, even if inflation had not yet returned to the 2% target.These reports are typically released on Friday mornings, also at 8:30 a.m.

We have not seen the property value decreases so far that some other areas of the country have experienced.

If you are buying for appreciation, you are buying at a time where we just hit record high median sales price in April (slight decrease into May.)Now, all this talk of Orlando "cooling" is only looking at the increasing inventory, which is still below 6 months... prices increased four straight months to start the year before a 0.9% decrease April to May.