Interesting as there were a couple of posts a year ago after the widely distributed article in the media essentially calling it a STR crash.

I have a client in Kansas City, MO that had to make the EXACT same decision a couple of years ago.

The walls are Home Depot subway tile .69 SF I've had the boxes in my garage for a couple of years.

I have a couple STR investors do this here in the winter months depending on the events coming to town

Disclosure: StudentHello, I went to the first intro a couple of years ago and it has been an amazing experience.

Couple of questions.Are you from KC or just interested in investing there? 

Assume a couple of months of vacancy, consider potential unexpected repairs (like HVAC or plumbing issues), and test the numbers with rents dropping by 10-15%.

A couple of days?

I started out with the other guys, getting a couple LLC's done but became disappointed with them because of response time, and conflicting information.

When you own a couple of units, the odds of there being unexpected vacancies that overlap each other are usually low, but when you acquire more and more real estate, the odds of tenants moving out around similar times increases.