You will know automatically if the lender is trustworthy based on client remarks and closings. 

STR that do the best have a target audience based on the the surrounding options that improve the vacation experience.

You can also have your cleaners download the app and have specific user-permissions to allow for task-based scheduling and cleaning checklists.

Based on geography alone, I am sure Philly has a very long, difficult and expensive process involved in removing these people. 

Are there variables based on scope, cost, duration, etc?

. 😊  I've been thinking more about your question based on my LA experience, and some great advice I've read from three days of lurking here on BP from some RE veterans, based less on my fantasy but more on what I would do with your idea to start out at 1.5 and move into 3-5 million houses.First, it's all going to come down to your goals, here's a quote about that from Don Konipol (from the forum post https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/519/topics/1150499-the-...Quote from @Don Konipol:IMO, the financial reasons for investing in real estate include 1- Asset Preservation2- Increase Wealth3- Current Income4- Tax MinimizationWhile these four are not mutually exclusive, the more you benefit in one area the less will be the benefit in the others, given normal market conditions, unless you uncover something everyone else has missed.

My thought is that he knows his information is bad, but his whole company and platform is based on never using debt.

Furthermore, based on it's location alone, this property could be sold to a developer because of the unique zoning that has no limit to the building height built on the lot (!!!). 

I'm based on NJ and my goal is to invest in MTR, single-family or duplex, near hospitals or universities. 

The difference in pre-qualification between base pay vs overtime is significant enough for this to be a deal breaker.