Airbnb in particular, as a sharing economy-platform, feels more natural with a person's name attached, rather than a corporate name.

Of course, run all this strategy with your lawyer and CPA (good luck bringing them to an accord); PM me if you want more details.

NOT at all, actually makes the buyer feel more secure.

It gives me the feeling that the current renters might not meet the qualifications I generally have for my properties. 

Any questions at all feel free to reach out. 

If you ever have questions in the future about landlord/tenant laws in NJ feel free to reach out, I’m right in Burlington county.

Most guests are very understanding that maintenance needs to be done.Just talk to them and feel out the situation.You could schedule the minisplit for a turnover day.

I would like to find a lender who can approve me based on the property and what it will bring in monthly as a rental rather than on my personal finance and credit. 

Feel free to message me and I can point you in the direction of a few other options. 

Your standard retail building with a few tenants. looking into different cash out options, but I feel sticking with conventional for the cash out refinance, but flipping to DSCR lender for the next purchase of mixed use real estate is the best of both worlds.