Also, for the experienced BRRRR folks out there, are you holding true to the 50% Rule on Cash Flow on each project? 

Not true at all.If you want to successfully run an STR you need to be on both AirBnB and VRBO at the very least, PLUS run direct bookings.

I don't beleive this is true based on the IRS site stating you don't have to issue a 1099 if you are "not engaged in a trade or business."  

In your experience do those rental comps hold true if you go North of Addison (specifically Irving & Kedzie area).

Is the old adage that landscaping doesn't get any ROI in a middle-class market still true?

That doesn't mean they are true, factual or objective. 

Your true asset hunters are in the basement, the yard, the whole property looking for ways to upgrade the asset that others are missing.You are being very smart about your VA utilization, you just want to make sure the asset is right.

I've underwritten hundreds of deals, submitted tens of LOIs and not had a single one accepted- The BRRRRs I did do weren't true BRRRRs because of low appraisals, or not accounting for all costs properly and I ended up leaving around $10k for each one in the deal.

JD, I'd agree about cat pee.....it has something in it that will make you see Jesus, even with a respirator....But that house that had 9 dogs locked inside of it had this beautiful wide-plank flooring, Ponderosa Pine...unbelievably gorgrous.....I had it sanded once and got about 50% of the smell, twice, maybe 75 %....third time got 95%.Primer/paint did little.....finally had to have the walls and ceilings skim coated with new texture...throughout the entire almost 3000 SF house.

Very true and we were kind of thinking about that 3 year time span as well.