In this case, the second bedroom isn't necessary, but does get used as an office for the person working from home.

I'm looking at condos that are part of hotels/resorts, for occasional personal use (I travel a lot and need a place to come back to), and to have STR income when I'm away.

I could talk about this for 10 minutes straight and it's a pretty personal decision with positives and negatives to each.

@Miguel Del Real if you are just starting out, and maybe you’ve never bought your own personal resident, it is risky to not have somebody in your corner.

Quote from @Melissa Rivera: When a tenant is late, your policy should be that payments must be in full and with a money order or cashiers check.I would contact the tenant and tell them you will not accept or cash the personal check.

I would personally screen my MTR tenants and have them sign a lease.

Personal assets/liabilities:Primary Residence: Have less than 20% equity in this, rest is owned by bank at high interest rate close to 7%.

Thanks Linda Weygant have you personally done a cost seg on an SFR/STR before?

The cash came from my own personal savings and my father who invested in this deal with me.

Furnishings, such as the $35,000 you spent on furnishings, would generally be considered personal property rather than real property and would not be included in the cost of the property.In a cost segregation study, the goal is to identify and classify the various components of a property as either real property (land and buildings) or personal property (furnishings, equipment, etc.).