We also have Hospitable configured to text message me if we don't have anyone there the night before a guest arrives with the canned message ready to go so we can just copy/paste to the guest that they can get in early.  

However, you should be cautious buying stuff that no one else did, since there could be a hidden reason why it didn't sell the first time.  

When we were selling any of our props if we felt we had one of those individuals ( most of my stuff was props  bought at courthouse and would sell as is) EM would be 5 to 10X higher other wise we would not take their offers..

They’ll handle the day-to-day stuff so you can focus on your work, personal stuff and  still invest in real estate. 

At the time when the chemical industry discovered farmers as a huge market all sorts of herbicides and pesticides (the are banned today) were introduced, stored and disposed of basically into the ground: the farmer did not want to have stuff growing between the barn and the farmhouse anyway, so seemed like a good spot to kick that barrel over.

Some of the stuff they do is absolute garbage. 

There are certainly some stuff that does not require permits so those type of thing, might be ok but I would focus on the quality as well.I think your question is hard, because the actual cost comes down to the details.

., You don't need to crazy with stuff like putting greens or themed rooms.

The vast majority of states also leverage figures on a federal return as a starting point to define taxable income, making adjustments to those figures to arrive at the portions of income that are taxable for state tax purposes. 

A lot of good stuff in here, thanks Bill.