Similarly, a credit report fee upfront is reasonable, but these can often be avoided as well.

Prepare financially by saving for down payments, improving your credit score, and setting aside emergency reserves.

The fact you brought this up on this board with this situation tells me that you are fairly new to renting by the room.  

Both Fort Lauderdale and Pompano have fairly relaxed STR rules and regulations. 

I noticed that its mostly for fairly large multifamily properties, like 100+ units.All other things being equal, at what property valualtion do you think it starts becoming a more reasonable approach?

The 3 issues you described are all fairly large red flags, especially for someone's first property.

I know, some will say "we don't do that, we just have it as a service because..." and look if your doing it fair and decent kudos to you for being decent.

I would say credit monitoring

What is the speed of the internet, is it hot water (international property holders), is it AC.These basic clear descriptive items are great because if the price is fair and it clearly states the benefits.

You can find comparable sales in 2017 and use that dollar/acre figure to arrive at the fair market value then.