Finally, PM may decline sharing all applications they receive because that changes their process or increases burden or whatever, but again, the application for tenancy _belongs_ to the landlord on whose behalf this business transaction is initiated.

Can you afford to buy a similar size property in the same neighborhoods and design, furnish, and upgrade with amenities to compete against those top-performing comps?

.-- They also did away with the discretionary process.

I'd want to hire a design-build firm at the very least, but beyond that, would it make sense to bring in a developer who's done this before?

In fact, garbage disposals are specifically designed with a connection port for the dishwasher drain.

I am a structural engineer for my W2 job and it is actually insane how beefed up beach home designs are nowadays.

But we need to manage this much better, the process is a desaster and has been since forever. 

You brought up the hardest part of the process.

I’m sure I’ll pick a lot of this up as I read and research but I appreciate any help I can get along the way since I am brand new to the process. 

But I'd like to be positioned to continue investing in vacation rentals if we can build a good team and process around the first one.