Maybe they want a stove with a power burner.Different burners have different BTU's--maybe they are using the simmer burner vs the power burner--if the stove has one.Did install one of these, that work well with only one type of cookware (???) 

A 5% vacancy is  the same as 1 turnover every 20 months. 5/100=1/20. 4units*$1000=$4000/20 months = $200 per month and that doesn't cover clogged toilets, broken burner or leaky faucets.

. #4 would be zero marketing at all... no listings that I can find and she states that the sign facing the highway was knocked down by mowers and she hasn't bothered to put it back up.

But putting that question on the back burner for now, here's the scenario I'm considering: If I do choose to rent it out, I have some work I'd like to do on it, including a bathroom renovation and tiling in the kitchen.

With the 1% I was talking about looking at the properties from the LTR perspective as a back up to running it as an STR incase, for whatever reason down the road, it can no longer be a STR.

Hard money loan would be your backup. 

Back up to 140 active homes in Salt Lake County under 700,000.

Join FB groups ("Investor Underground" in Central TX area) talk to people and let them know what your doing, you never know when someone may need to sell a property for whatever reason, read BP articles, listen to the podcasts, be patient with yourself, and write out a plan and back up plans to help you achieve whatever your end goal may be.

Maybe call a couple other people to back up his claims that this is "common" in the area. 

I change the layout slightly to be more desirable and brought the house back up to livable condition.