Start with great theming, keeping in mind the current trends taking place at the parks.

Do you think rents will keep growing (they will).

That's awesome, keep it going bro.  

When a PM does charge a markup, he's usually getting a discount on the service to keep the cost stable.

I want guests to do their laundry throughout the stay and keep up with the dishes and trash :-).I also fill my K-cup dispensers between guests.

To avoid going through the same poor experience, keep reading.Even if someone gives you a referral here, do NOT make the mistake of assuming that the PMC will meet your expectations, just because they met the expectations of the referral source.In our experience, the #1 mistake owners make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!

  ( keep buyers from wasting money on DD i suspect)3.

There's enough to learn when you're starting out, keep it simple.

It's putting out lots of fires, managing finances like a hawk, keeping projects on time, in line and on budget, marketing the property & getting it through closing, and *then* doing it all over again - and that's if you're not doing any of the work yourself. 

Working on a prospective deal and wanted to know whether to flip or keep as rental.