In my mind its simply NOT an appropriate starter strategy..

Hey Alexander, I manage over 100 STR properties and I'm a real estate broker in California.

These are the keywords that stand out to me in your question:sources, websites, best deals, systems, step by step, factors.You are focused on all of the wrong things.

In 2017, we want to try to qualify my husband as a Real Estate Professional.

We manage about 45+ STRs in Indianapolis.

Should I save and pay it off quickly or would the money be better in my pocket or in stock market?

In this case, we tell the tenants we have two requirements, one as long as we don't hear complaints and the grass doesn't touch the house that become a liability for the building, and at the end of the lease they turnover the property with the landscape in the same condition as how they moved in, then however they want to maintain the lawn to maintain that standard, we don't care.

., I would post it up competitive with the others in the resort.

Pain in the you know what, but completely within the bounds.

In my case, I kept using it because I saw decent results, but I get why those surprise charges feel off-putting.