Are you going to run a full background check on these people or are you going to just risk your family with renting to a potential child molester or serial killer?

So you might want to check on that. 

Have a bookkeeper help you track the costs on your projects while your construction team knocks out the project, and compare both sets of information to check for inconsistencies.

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You said you checked the county website for the property tax records.

I would check that you have an investor friendly real estate agent.

You are on the right track but remember each specific STR market / local area is going to have some tweaks - one thing I noted is that for the markets you are looking at can vary with temperatures - some different expenses/planning for areas that can have winters (snow, etc) that wouldn't be standard in other markets

@Flavia Vangelotti - I am not following how the numbers look great from checking out the website, at least for the AL property in Cullman.  

They say they will sign my lease and also sent me an addendum to sign allowing them to sublet.There are a few reasons why i like this option for this property, but im wondering how to background check the company and the individual they are assigning to ensure ill be paid monthly as they claim.