I agree with John-if people are paying $175 or $200 for a cleaning fee, $25 won't make much of a difference. 

On the surface it looks like it can work, again people are doing the very same thing right here and cash flowing pretty well.

Not sure if this tugs at heart strings or would just worry someone that we're inexperienced.My sense is that people don't necessarily understand what seller financing is, so should I write about what that means and the benefits they might not have considered?

And yes, we can have a discussion of how STRs ruin neighborhoods, and crime goes up 473%, and people are being displaced from affordable housing, and all that crud.

Understandable.Yet in many cases, people with disabilities are often placed in the same bad bunch of apples posed by those who simply run into financial issues.I've even heard people say, they're reluctant to rent to people with section 8 due aTo the assumption, we will neglect our property.

Ronald,Thanks for responding to my request,  I do not have any contracts in place yet but wanted to have people in place for once I get a contract on a property. 

Would love to connect with people nearby, and if anyone has any advice for investing in the area and which specific cities would be the best to invest in.

Based on the info I've received from a few nice people here, it's looking like a BRRRR/house hack is going to be my next best bet.

When they left, we discovered that the dogs peed all over the house.

I would strongly recommend attending one or two so you can start networking and meeting people in the industry.