It depends on where you want to position yourself in the market and what makes sense from a business perspective in relation to your overhead / operational costs.

On a commercial asset the value is directly based on the NOI (net operating income).

LPs vet the operator first, not the deal.

Operating in an industry where "we track time," I can offer a few hopefully helpful tips:1.

We operate a real estate, mortgage, and property management firm dedicated exclusively to Short Term Rental Investments.

I host a group for midterm rental operators and I had 2 people in last week's meeting essentially say the same thing.

By the math of it, CA is making it impossible for carriers to operate in CA areas of fire risk.

Gita,At least the way I prefer to do things is to only run accrual based accounting activity on my day to day operations.

By the most important thing (if that's what you're doing) is to have a really good operator who knows the laws, has experience and is above board so they won't leave you high and dry. 

Any additional screenings or criteria should be consistently applied to all applicants to avoid potential discrimination claims.Rental application fraud can be a significant threat to the financial and operational stability of running and operating a property.