After a guest stole out TV's and filed a claim on their credit card payment - and VRBO did NOTHING to assist us, we checked out what Airbnb would have done. 

@Brandon G. well, I'll tell you that you'll be hard pressed to find a lender who will allow non-traditional credit on FHA.  

Cities Miami and San Diego are pressing forward however, up 40% (although those numbers are likely due also to delay in construction timing).Bottom LineAs Warrant Buffet is fond of saying, “Only when the tide goes out do you learn who has been swimming naked.”

If you do catch them, pressing charges and getting police to do anything is next to impossible. 

I'm also married, trying to protect three teenagers from their own stupidity, run a business with seven employees, etc.I consider myself a success story, but I have C-class rentals in a small market nobody knows/cares about, and I don't have the infectious personality that makes for good TV.

I remember the old military recruitment commercials that ran on TV.

:)Look for those that: are NOT on the top of the search engine lists when you do a search; that you do NOT see/hear on tv/radio ads; etc! 

Personal utility bills are a good example (electric, internet, TV, etc.).

However, I would estimate your internet for $100 or less through Comcast (high speed internet only with smart tv apps), $100 for water, and $400 for electric/gas. 

Don't hire contractors, who show up in a pressed shirt, can speak both Spanish and English and do zero work but pocket a fat margin.