Is there a different way to look at this?

Three different times he was late on rent by two weeks and we never charged him a late fee. 

Quote from @Nathan M kiefer: Personally the hot tub is only a perk if we like the house so  as referenced here themed room and location win the day.hot tub is a blessing or a curse - either they are spotless or nasty and there seems to be no in between.We would never not rent a str because it did or didn't have a hot tub but if we had two similar places we would most likely book the property without the hot tub.we are different.

He can definitely have a conversation with you and explain the different loan options available to us investors.

@Chris Strandburg, If you are interested in running a short term rental, I would look about 2 hours from Los Angeles to one of the different vacation markets that Angelenos visit.

The cleaner has to sent pictures of the different rooms cleaned as evidence of their work done.

Agreed, it makes no difference taxable income-wise to supercede the return.

We get lots of leads and have two homes available to walk through and tour, and they can buy those or customize and order different floor plans.

I've built different mobile and web applications.  

There’s THE one big difference between MIS and 1031, as you said, “leaving my taxable gain to my family.”