You track all of your expenses the same way irrespective of profitability. 

In my experience, the good ones are expensive, typically require a subscription, and sometimes they even do a physical inspection of your premises to verify it is a legitimate person / business in US.

The only issue is of course it will be expensive to bring a photographer 3-4 times!

Then save up as much as you can and buy a small 6-15 room motel or partner to buy something largerHotels are really expensive to get into as well.

Even though your market might prove expensive, I would exhaust all options before ruling it out.Truth is, you have a unique competitive advantage in your market.  

If you can invest locally, that's going to be your safest and best route to being able to manage the property and limit your expenses.

We normally do not seek judgement due to the expense that is involved, even after you win you have to continue to renew the judgement every year.We put them in collections and have it hit all three credit bureaus.

if it is cash flow positive, the rent covers more than the expenses.  

The calculator estimates that operating expenses are equal to 50% of the monthly income.  50% is a rough guide. 

The way I can imagine is perhaps putting up additional cinder blocks but that sounds expensive.