My thinking is keep them as long as there are a good tenant.  

But, when you learn from the failures and more so if you turn them into stepping stones, then success becomes a sure thing as long as you don't quit.

I'm not sure who mentioned it above, but best-practices may be a better way to  put what you are asking, but I highly doubt you will find any agreement on what's needed and most would say the best practices are really tips for investors, not the companies.So many companies operate so differently and there is little incentive to change what they do or how they do it as long as the buying public is reacting to their offer.  

SFH, townhouse, condo - doesn't matter to me as long as the numbers work out.

Most people buy a rental or two, stick tenants in, and think everything's a piece of cake as long as the tenant pays rent.

So long as the style either matches/fits in to the area and is what the buyers want, it probably doesn’t matter much.As far as staging, I do it with furniture I have purchased.

I'm happy to take a look at a deal you're working on and give my thoughts and advice, as long as you're willing to do the same when I find one! 

@Ben Schembriyour dti should not go up by a lot as long as your mortgage payments on your rentals are lower than your rents.

I’m a solo broker no agents under me.He’s NOT paying the broker fee but I’m free to rent them out and pretty much do anything I want with the units as long as he collects rent for units rented he is fine.

But local governments are allowed to license and inspect properties.While the proposed changes would ban ordinances that specifically target vacation rentals, cities and counties would still be allowed to pass ordinances dealing with noise, parking and trash, so long as they apply to all residential properties, the bill’s supporters stressed Thursday.Much of the debate on the proposal focused on the property rights of people and businesses that own the vacation rentals and the property rights of neighboring homeowners.