These are peoples vacations, so time is precious to them. 

Thank you all, I have asked questions before and received very precious answers from you.

It's fools gold and a waste of precious life time.

Our cottage is not a generic space solely designed for renting out - we picked out everything in it because we loved it, and nothing in it is particularly expensive (all our art and a number of other pieces are flea market finds and anything precious is locked up in the owner's closet for our use) - but I have sometimes struggled to remind myself over the years that these guests are paying down our mortgage and the things they have damaged can be replaced.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Augusta.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Augusta.

Just curious, as a resident of Augusta, GA I am dying to know what made you land of Augusta of all places in the US to invest in?

I meet precious few born-and-bred local investors in the area that ask themselves what's going to happen to the area after all the old people die (Pittsburgh is the oldest Metropolitan Stastistical Area in the USA) and geriatric health care ceases to be the main employer here.

Side B lease ends in August, as the new owner, can I simply decline to renew their lease?

Bug House in Augusta, GA isn't going to do you much good!