I don't claim to be Airbnb expert because i've been hosting for only 4 months - I'm sure I'll have bad apples eventually.But I don't understand what the issue is - I mean, I do - it's author wanting more money - but I find it confusing to read the author complain about guests chain smoking and leaving beer cans in the sink, only to later proclaim it would all be OK if he got EVEN MORE MOENY for it.How is that different form any other cost-benefit analysis?

Returns are very healthy and the game is free to download NOW on Apple store as "mine that gold".

Keep in mind, you are comparing apples to oranges.  

It is actually very much appreciated, as is your reply.I did look at Zillow and most 4 bed/2 bath single families are available for $2K+, but I know this property is not an apples to apples comparison to the others available because of the neighborhood and the street parking only situation. 

As investors we can have all the spread sheets and calculations in the world but if we're not comparing apples to apples what's the point? 

The zoning of a lot changes the value, and it becomes "apples and oranges".

You want all your bids to be apples to apples which may help avoid costly change orders down the road from your low bidder. 3.

Bryan, assuming you are talking about many of us flippers who have often reported 20%, 25%, or 30% returns on one single flip investment that took us 90 days and then we touted 80%+ annual returns, we do that as it is an easy "apples to apples" comparision between individual investments and between us individual investors.I would have to assume that all investors such as myself do in fact calculate their actual returns on their cash at the end of the year when they have all the info to properly calculate it at once.

I myself am an avid hunter of white tail deer, and I have a passion for homesteading (think cabin in the woods, hunting, gardens, apple trees, bee keeping, livestock, and no electricity) that is only matched by my passion for real estate. 

., but that's apples, vs. oranges."