Our plan is to sell or refinance within 15 months targeting a sale price of 3.5 million.This property is two blocks from the beach and has a high demand for short term rentals.

Marlboro Drive deal in Chandler, AZ, due to its high profit potential.

legally, as a cost basis of the house, it should have been included in the closing documents because it impacts things like taxes collected by the state, etc.  

It is incredibly hard to find a cash flowing deal these days in northern UT with home prices and interest rates being so high.

California is challenging because of high prices and landlord-tenant laws but buying out of state brings about a different set of challenges - being 2000 miles away puts me at a disadvantage.

With school scores at 3/2/2 and what seems to be significant risk involved, an investor might consider better options like investing in a high-yielding savings account earning 5.5% without the associated risks.

I noticed that rents for LTR are pretty high but still will not be enough for positive cash flow.

Both would give you high returns but I'm not sure yet how well those areas would do when the market turns back down.

He's stating his professional opinion being one of the people who does this for a living at a high level.You've also mentioned E&O insurance earlier. 

I have heard people on these forums talk about using the Nest thermostat to set a maximum low + high temperature, to keep guests from blasting the a/c or accidentally bumping the heat up to 98.