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I wake up and check the app and I go to sleep glued to the app.

d) set mouse traps and check them often (not a set it and forget it option and dead animals can stink, hard to check traps in a crawlspace regularly no?)

Deb,Check with your Insurance Agent.  

For sure check out Turno!

Unless you are doing all of the maintenance yourself, figure about 5k yearly for touching up paint, repairing misc. items the guests break, bikes, kayaks, BBQ grill, pool maintenance, lawn service, pest control, replace TV remotes every time someone checks out. 

It's time-consuming enough to track hours, let alone check to see if the tracked hours count or don't count.Thank you ALL who posted and have continued to discuss this cryptic designation.   

Determine the type of customers you want though. 

The other thing to do is to check with the permitting department to see if an building permits were issued.  

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