When they finally moved out, after destroying everything), I flipped the property, doing most of the work myself and leveraging family with trades backgrounds.

After a year+ of unreliable management, I finally decided to switch to a new company.

While doing this, I got a booking through VRBO.

Finally, speaking with property managers can provide valuable insights into rental demand, average occupancy rates, and tenant profiles in the area.

I'm finally ready.

A few other comments;For Philly: It's best practice to include the required documents in the final lease packet and have the tenant sign or initial all to prove receipt.

This may lead to some longer bookings further out with your 3 bd listing.

Quote from @Melanie Baldridge: In 2025 the bonus depreciation rate is 40%.This means that if you bought a property for $1M in 2025, did a cost seg study and found $300K in eligible assets that you could depreciate, you could take 40% of that $300K as bonus depreciation to offset your income in the first year.40% of $300K = $120K.You then apply that $120K to the owner’s personal tax rate to find the final amount that they can defer in year 1.If your tax rate is 37%, you can defer $66.6K.This is a big deal even at the 40% bonus depreciation rate this year.It’s a massive benefit 

I've always been interested in real estate and I am finally in the spot where I can think about investing.I have yet to narrow down my niche, would love to STR a SFH, but definitely open to longer term rentals, depending on the area.

Where are these bookings coming from?