Unless you have a builders warranty (not a home warranty from First American, etc) with them you most likely don't have any obligation to make any repairs. 

Acknowledge, the best dates for the season are booked but there are plenty of dates on the calendar for the season and the south Americans and Europeans will be pouring in for months still.

My theory is when Americans first left the city for the suburbs, developers  simply reworked apartment floor plans into SFR's.   

But they don't do it for every gypo logger who comes along you had to have experience and such so the mill knew you could execute.. big difference than being a beginner.. and these loans were a low of 200 to 300 and we did them up to 2 to 3 million.. once the mill was paid off the remainder was ours.. turn times 60 to 120 days profits from 50k to well over 1 mil.. its was a glorious time.. although all ordinary income so we paid a boat load of tax but who cares when your making massive fully levered profits. 

My lease requires tenants to handle ordinary pest control.

Thanks for your help in advance.If you truly travelled back for a rental emergency and it was ordinary and necessary, yes expenses are deductible.But, trust me, both IRS and CPAs have seen people trying to get a deductible personal trip.

@Jonathan Beaumont I would suggest not taking anyones opinion or going on word of mouth, but instead investigating what makes a strong market, & identifying where to invest based upon those criteria. 2 good places to start would be Milken Institute best performing cities 2018 (look for best performing large & mid sized cities), & markus & millichap 2019 multifamily North American investment forecast (chart of city cap rates). 

Americans don't know how to make Money and they don't teach their children how to Manage it.

I'm a former track & field all american sprinter and love to stay active.

Entering into a flip with the intent to resell it for profit is a business and will be ordinary business income subject to SE tax.