It you think the situation will go sideways, it's best to do exactly what Roy outlined - that's what lawyers are for.In fact, engaging legal help may speed the matter and discourage hijinks.

At this point, I always get the peak seasons and some of the non-peak nights rented, so I don't think that paying more to advertise on other platforms will help any.

We use FCI for a majority of Notes, I am also going to try out Peak, FCI is very good.  

Paying cash may be fine for the most conservative investors, we all know real estate is a slow path to riches, but for me paying cash would be a snails pace.I prefer leverage to speed up the growth.

There is a point where if you were to graph the returns it would peak and then start to decline.

Peak asset.

I focused on getting to the peak, not the climb.  

I think there is a parallel with the  the Miami market-1200 units delivered last year, from a peak of 10,000 in '08, but 7300 under construction now (!)

I’ve done a lot of reading on BP and listened to many podcasts as a way to speed up my learning curve and let me tell you I am addicted to the site..

Another option is that you could buy a fixer and live in it while having contractors do some of the fixing to speed up the process.