@Ryan Osborne - Thanks for the information on where I should be falling in terms of good numbers.

I do wonder if this could be accomplished with a 7 residential unit and using one unit as a short term rental though. 

If so, and if your HOA allows, you could market this as a mid-term furnished rental and charge a premium for rent.

long term appreciation and value add potential How did you finance this deal?

Their city government website has information on short-term rentals and how to register for rental licenses/permits.  

We will probably start with conventional, but it feel easier with dscr loans if we ara aiming on 10+ properties in a short period 

This is why it can work for short term rentals but not long term rentals.Hope that helps!

But I'll stay in my box.Notes: * - My investing: generational (long-term 20+yr) rental holds, "starter home", 1978+, SI (Stability Index) > 90, CI (Confidence Index) > 90

I've started a rehab on a SFH and after getting into the project, I've discovered a handful of things that will most certainly push me over budget on my rehab leaving me short of funds. 

They have provided us with actual data quantifying how much a certain amenity adds to your short-term rental revenues.I tell all my STR investors/second-home buyers in Colorado to get a hot tub, for instance, but while I know you do better, it's been hard to put numbers to it.AirDNA's March report has tried to tell us how much more revenue a home with X amenity gets over a home without X amenity.