The huge number of inexpensive casino hotel rooms make returns with studio/1 bedroom short-term rentals challenging in many cases. 

As a bonus you’ll have a proper lease and a standard operating procedure. 

We have done this twice, and it works out ok in the short term… the bonus is that you immediately start collecting rent without having to rehab the property.

He just spent a day trouble shooting a bad electrical circuit he found in the attic & told me I owe him a dinner.I'll have to give him a better Xmas bonus. 

Bonus!!  

Bonus if you can find a duplex to fix one side for a year, switch sides and then fix the other side in year 2. 

And if you can accept a pet it's a bonus - many travelers have a hard time finding accommodations if they have a pet.

I do go to the casino at midnight on Sunday nights and drink 5 rum and cokes.

As a bonus, if interest rates do decline in the future, I can refinance to a lower rate which creates more value.While I have invested into mutual funds, done extremely well, I believe hard assets is a nice diversification at this point with a highly inflated stock market.

I do not understand how/why anyone would give equity (other than a small incentive bonus piece) to a service provider.