I have charged smokers up to several $ thousand for odor mitigation and lost rents.  

Any suggestions for mitigating loses? 

We’re mitigating it via long term loans at fixed interest rates.

You can easily mitigate a lot of the concerns you had about privacy with a few well-placed bushes or a fence. 

Most of that can be handled by you or mitigated.

The higher premium is due to the age of the home and doesn't reflect a wind mitigation discount.

It'll mitigate the risks you take as you're entering the world of real estate investment - fund, exciting but also has risk factors involved.

Obviously interest will be a little higher and qualifications will be tougher, esp with the current outbreak.

The risk is that these are often variable rates (mine is a fixed rate HELOC), but just set yourself up to pay off the HELOC quickly and you can mitigate the risk. 

My Business partner and I have both been in the Military for a combined 18 years so when a landlord or property mgmt company talks about risks... well we get risks and we know how to mitigate most risks (Exterior security cameras, smart locks on the doors, noise detection, AND a Full Time Private security team that is tied in with the CPD)Does anyone have any advice on what we can be saying different or what is the best way to overcome some obstacles with landlords switching from Long Term to Short term?