Hehe, I just tested in on our lake house.

I started doing a little research and saw that Doorloop was a highly rated app, and has a ton of features like tenants ability to submit work orders for issues, collect rent with late payments automatically figured in upon payment, talk back and forth with your tenants, send out messages/notices to one or all tenants at once, sync with quickbooks, etc.

If the vacancy rates are high, then the prices must be above market! 

Is it legal in Oneida County in Upstate NY to charge tenants a flat rate for utilities?

Cheaply painted houses drives me nuts.

Here is an excellent article on housing market expectations on appreciation from one of the world's top investment banking firms Goldman Sachs: What are some of the big differences you’re seeing among US regions?"

We haven’t pulled out any equity but plan to as interest rates start to go down.  

You won't get any kind of a warranty from a old resale house. 

The first 2 I got before the recent price and rate increases.

They must pay the market rate, the same rate you officially list for the property.The good news is that you staying in your STR for the purpose of making repairs is not personal use.