I have taken steps to reduce the mortgage payment that may take time to go into effect: filed homestead, I plan to reappraise the property after renovations are complete to eliminate my monthly $66 paid towards PMI, and I am currently negotiating different insurance policies.

True, you eliminate residential tenants, BUT it is a real business with employees, taxes, etc etc etc.

Now, what if I make pets welcome..With one click - I just eliminated half the competition.

Now let's look at the before-and-after cost segregation results:- moldings went down from $17k to $4k- $20k security system disappeared altogether- specialty plumbing dropped from $19k to $11kand you can review the rest of this side-by-side comparison yourself.Unlike my restaurant analogy, reduced or eliminated numbers on cost segregation are not only suspicious but they are outright detrimental to the investor.

That conversion will not trigger any tax.Unfortunately we can no longer eliminate all of the tax simply by converting to a new primary and living there. 

A few additional thoughts, the platforms consistently push us to reduce or eliminate cleaning fees especially on short stays because of how much they are proportionally.

If you figure out a way to eliminate all those spam calls please let me know!

So it can be a bit tricky to do it this way, but ultimately, requiring that hold deposit will let you eliminate the risk of a tire kicker no showing on you when it comes to pay and you've already told everyone the house is rented.

I would be eliminating bad debt and high interest credit cards that I had to use to do some repairs. 

That way you eliminate the need for a 2nd lien Heloc and only have (1) mortgage.