So squirt away, walk into your bank with the canvas bag, slide it over the counter and demand that they fill it up with good green real-estate-investing cash!

If I ever noticed one of their tenants standing in the parking lot on a regular basis, staring at me and my kids in our fenced backyard or into the house through the sliding glass door window, I’d be extremely creeped out and feel unsafe in my home.

In most cases, eviction will be more costly compared to letting the tenant slide 2-3 months. 

Young, healthy people are dying, too, and feeling as though you've got glass in your lungs is not pretty.  

However, keep in mind a place being used for STR arbitrage is viewed as an asset and is treated as such (minor repairs made regularly often without bothering you and cleaned between each stay), whereas even the BEST tennants in the world view your property as a liability and will let cleanliness and minor stuff slide over time.

We use the google suite for office software: docs, sheets, slides, photos, keep it's all integrated nicely and it's free.

Don't be afraid of putting some cheese on a cutting board with a couple of glass of wine on the counter for the photo, that's staging.

We still try to encourage friends to invest, if they're interested, but most just see the investor/landlord glass as half empty.

RE new home sales have not slided alot, but it has slowed.

The SOW includes the following:Removal of tub wall tileShower wall tile installation12"x24" tiles to ceilingInstall of frameless sliding glass doornew shower liner and panbacker board installWaterproof membrane all inner areasNew faucet installcenter drain installshower nichepopcorn ceiling removalnew texture and paint on valls and ceilingbathroom floor installSame 12"x24" tilebaseboard installnew vent and heater installInstall GFCI outletI was budgeting anywhere from 2,000-4,000 for this work (materials + labor) but both quotes have come in much higher- $10,000 and $8,500.My question is, are these reasonable quotes for the area?