Even though they are the expert, you still need to ensure they fit you well.

I would also add that if you're planning to pay cash ( and actually leave the cash in the house), if it was me I would 100% skip flood insurance in that area.

Whether you are sacrificing your comfort to house hack, money for a downpayment to cash-flow more, or one of the wealth generators based on the market itself; there is no one-size-fits-all perfect investment.

It's 2 properties, single family homes, in the SF Bay Area.Sharing some details that might help inform the decision, let me know if anything else would be relevant.One property fully paid off, generates between $20-30k in profit after expenses (property taxes, hoa, insurance, etc).The other property is our current primary residency and would operate at a loss of about $10k/year.I plan to travel back to the US at least once a year, could that be a deductible expense with an LLC? 

Will follow along to see what others plans are.

What do you plan to do when you hit the cap on days rented?

Since this is for 15 year life property or sooner, do you plan to hold the assets for that long or longer. 

Start with a small plan and work from there.

@Becca F. It

So either AirBnB thinks the new law doesn't apply to the cleaning fee, or they're still planning to do the same with that before July 1.In any case, it appears hosts will still be able to configure whatever fees they like for cleaning, pets, extra guests, whatever.