Baselane was built by real estate investors for real estate investors so it's really tailored to this particular business.

Hey @Andy Rousch, so we have a site saved over at Bluehost, but I haven't built it out.

My initial thought is to advise them to continue to offer the fee to avoid alienating buyer agents, especially if this is how buyer brokers are creating their short lists to share with clients.

@Chris Porter Sorry to hear about this issue.  

I would go to $1,050 in year 1 and $1,250 in year 2 (or something similar) and provide ample notice.

I'm keen to connect with fellow STR owners in the area to gather insights on the ease of finding cleaning services and associated running costs.

You are required to file a complete and accurate return, which means reporting the income that you earned along with atleast the direct expenses that you incurred on your rental.There are two comflicting forces - Your tax accountant wants to be aggressive with deductions because it will entitle you to paying less taxes(now or in the future).Your lender wants to see as much income as that will increase your Debt to Income Ratio(DTI).The good thing is that you can speak with your lender about 'one time expenses', that were only incurred in that year and are not reoccuring. 

I know several investors that have done this and all they do is complain during tax season.

When I got started I fell into this trap of trying to create all this complexity and then realized it was not worth it at all and all it did was create chaos and add more costs.

Was this without permits?