Laminate countertops can hold up pretty well and if damaged, will need to come out of the security deposit - lower cost product, so a larger percent of it gets paid for if damaged. 

I'd find a mortgage broker who understands your strategy well enough to advise on products designed to help you scale. 

If the numbers work, why take a chance on a product that has a balloon payment?

Well I believe that the incoming administration will in the first few week find ways to reduce regulation and increase domestic energy production.  

It's just a product of the modern internet age and you are right, they always have a new way of skirting the rules.

So I looked at it like 10% management fee up front that covers the assembly of the product and sales of the product to people like me. 

Otherwise, having a conversation with them on how to handle things like this moving forward would be productive in seeing how they respond.

I would keep and hold it for the long term, unless you can deploy that money in a much more productive investment. 

Since it is the product of a divorce proceeding the IRS will go along with the divorce decree.

I’m starting with just 1 listing but plan to recruit neighbors in my beach market to list on my custom website tailored to our community / market so I hope to be at 10+ listings soon even though I only own & operate 1 right now.Guesty’s pricing did not appear to be competitive and for someone starting with fewer than 4 units but planning to scale up behind that, Guesty does not offer a migration path from their “for hosts” product to their “for pros” version - it would have been a complete redo on setting everything up.