You can very well avoid the pain and headache when it comes to maintaining it.

Iḿ doing well and can absorb so much more than they average American, and still all the rate increases was painful.

Maintenance is a pain point for a STR host!

My thinking is they will keep dropping and at that point it might make more sense to purchase an existing pool cabin than to build which is gonna be a real pain - I know you know this already ;)

This is called a Deed in Lieu Foreclosure or Deed in Lieu (DIL).As an option to avoid a long drawn-out foreclosure process (more painful for the lender than the borrower), your friend might be able to negotiate a deal with her lender to accept the property and wipe the slate clean.

They are $35 - 60/hr but it saves you the time and headache of figuring out how to book a journal entry for a HUD what accounts to create... oh man it's a pain ha.

And while true, my main goal is to try and prevent having to do those steps, because they are a huge pain.

Take partial pain versus the whole lost income.  

What are some of the biggest pain points you’ve experienced?

The pain point for the industry as a whole is when the million dollar house buyer says they'll pay $5,000 for the agent's services and uses the lack of a buyer's agent fee to push a lower price on the seller.