I want to be fair but also recover all my costs and make a profit that both I and the lender take advantage of.  

Louis:Lower Entry Costs: Compared to NJ, property prices in St.

She is thinking of renting out her house for short term rental while she's gone to make up for some of the costs of being gone (she has some special need dogs that cost more to board).

A lot of DSCR lenders are technically POF lenders as they only qualify on 4 things: 1) valid driver's license 2) FICO score 3) rent is more than the PITI of the proposed property and 4) proof of funds for the down payment and closing costs and reserves.

In addition, minimal cosmetic upgrades, painting, new décor and new flooring will add more value relative to its cost.

My thought would be househack with minimum cash contribution, force some equity, then do a rate/term refinance roll in costs and get refunded your escrow balance and another $2k at closing. 

One of the more creative ideas I have come across that I am going to be implementing is splitting cost of advertising/lead generation with realtor partners. 

Typically, creative financing is geared toward lowering the capital injection needed to acquire the property which comes at higher risk to the lending entity (thus higher cost) of rate. 

hi folks,I would like to better understand the cost associated with running STR in Oahu.

Management fees, lease up costs, turnover costs vacancy rates, repairs, licenses,  non paying tenants etc. are all examples of these.