The extra bedroom May increase interest in the property, but when people actually walk through the house and see how small the room is and that they will have to go to the garage to do laundry I do not believe it would help the sale in most cases. 

In addition, rental property owners who live outside Maryland must designate a Legal Agent who lives in Maryland to accept legal documents.Now, this does not have to be a property manager, it can be a neighbor, friend, relative, etc.  

But in many cases they will just ending up routing you back through a broker which brings you back to the above scenario, so you've really gotta pick and choose well.Keep in mind that if you do find one, there will be things you need to do on your end such as specific signage, obtaining certificate of insurance from any vendors you work with (cleaners, handyman, pool guy), etc.Safely I believe also includes liability as an option in addition to their usual damage protection at an extra cost, though in that case you're paying on a per booking basis rather than a yearly fee, and it's likely going to be quite a bit more expensive. 

Additionally, I am aware that once I move out, I can list the home on VRBO and several other platforms to help boost bookings.The reason why I'm considering/leaning toward selling the house, is that when I begin to run the numbers, the expenses exceed what I could potentially make.

While the new property may bring in additional monthly income, the increase in your monthly net may not justify the amount of new debt that you would be taking on.

Thanks, and I look forward to hopefully getting more involved on here if we're fortunate enough to have things start to snowball over the years into additional properties!

You should be able to roll in all your closing costs and loan amount so you have no out-of-pocket cost for the refi if you have additional equity you can also take that out up to 75% LTV. good luck! 

Have you done any additional research into the requirements?

When my daughter looked into tankless, they told her they could install it outside (couldn’t work out venting inside) but it would require additional maintenance, so they just went traditional.

If they do more damage you simply add it to the bill.