Their fees are quite high ($129/ month) for the ability to pull up property details across the US. 

Take over the rent to own agreement from the existing tenants, or something else?

We just signed on with Hostaway and they have been pretty good so far.

it just means you're not going to start netting any actual income or cash flow in month 1 or year 1, or even year 5. 

Hey Shane,I'm also an investor in Maine, focusing on the Lewiston-area market.

But if you just replaced kitchen cabs and counter without moving any fixtures, and same for bath (left tub alone), then it’s much less work not needing to remove and reinstall Sheetrock, not to mention the plumbing and electrical work. 

And in my case, it was just the Buyer who was asking for it (not a lender). 

I like to garden in my free time, this summer i noticed how much we saved with the garden and I've been watching more videos on personal finance.

RE is a get rich slow game and there are increasing number of people talking about how difficult it is to retire from your day job even with large numbers of rentals because cash flow is thin.On the one hand there is the Small But Mighty portfolio mentality which I believe is a book in the BP store by Chad Carson.

The latter two are just a little erratic to me, meaning they produce projections further away (above or below) from what I see in my clients' own vacation rentals.Not sure I can give you a great breakdown.