Typically  issues are raised when the exterior is not kept up with / parking on grass / garbage in neighborhoods where everyone takes pretty good care of their homes.If you keep it clean and run a tight ship, you should be okay most of the time.

I have just received the same callThis a legitimate business model for a STR company, but the website raised a lot of red flags and I would not feel comfortable doing business with them.

A good example to reduce your potential costs without raising rents is to have the tenant agree to handle all repairs under a certain amount.

so it turned into an accidental flip.i have one i did in 2021-2022 that broke even when i finished, but now cash flows well because i've been able to raise the rent a few times.happy to help further

I called Home Depot, they told me to dispute the credit card charges so I did.  

In this deal, the borrower soon defaulted and instead of foreclosing Capella raised another $1M from investors.

sometimes to reduce borrowing costs, I'll use a hard money loan solely for the purchase, and then pay for the rehab in cash or use a 0% credit card (I don't recommend that for new investors!)

Still, it makes sense because oftentimes some of the rents have never been raised for years, and those NW side neighborhoods have increased rent dramatically! 

Depeding on the amount get a credit card that has no interest for 12-18 months. 

If i can invest it and make a significant better return after tax than paying it down I would do that but in this instance you will never be able to achieve returns that match credit card debt.