If you buy junkers and fix them up, you can make much larger returns. 

If you find something wrong with the property after you have an inspection, this is the point where you can negotiate the price or have the seller fix the problem.

I'd prefer 30 year fixed rate debt at 7% over this arrangement unless there is something that I am missing.

The best strategy is to buy properties that need fixed up with hard money/HELOC, fix them up, the refi out to pay back your HELOC/hard money.

Some high-end STR's (like in Joshua Tree) do use professional models, but for your market and property type, I’d suggest removing personal photos and focusing on the space itself, so guests can imagine themselves there, which is really what you want.You also have 81 photos, that’s too many.

If you think you might go after them in the future send the pictures to a handyman and ask for a quote to fix all problems.

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Eventually the masses will catch on and then the model is tougher to continue to do. 

I took the next 5 months to tackle everything myself spending approximately 17k in supplies and tools + paying a plumber and roofer 4k total to fix those issues.

These were investments, the value of the assest are there, its the liquid that ran short and had to resort to credit cards to fix up the propertyYou spent $50k from savings, borrowed $50k from a 401k, and are paying it back over five years at around 7.5% interest, then borrowed another $40k from credit cards and are paying that back at around 8% interest, maybe more.