I would also suggest encouraging them to have "renters" insurance.

IMPORTANT:--Guest communications, including setting up your automated messages--Price adjustments (key into seasonal pricing and important events in your area)--Listing description and noting amenities--Guest reviews--Learning from experienced hosts with great reviews (you can do this on many social media sites, including the Facebook group, Short Term Rental, Long Term Wealth)UNIMPORTANT:--Watching your Ring Doorbell camera--Obsessing about minute details that other hosts are freaking out about--Being a control freak about ANYTHING related to this business. 

Your Lender My suggestion to find #2 & #4 would be to go to the top of this page and click on FIND AN AGENT & FIND A LENDER.

So if any suggestions on going about that aspect would be helpful!

Any suggestions for first time buyer loans?

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

I'd echo some others and suggest coming out to some local meetups.

Any suggesting are appreciated.  

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Management company said they had an applicant that applied and they were in the middle of reviewing the applicant and therefore if they “approve” we have to use them and then they will give us management.As landlords, we just received lease to sign and there are some addendums we want to add for our property to protect our property etc. if the management company refuses to include some of our requests for the lease, does this give us an out to not have to sign the lease???