@Spencer Krautkramer you can get a free inspection from the gas company who will more likely than not tell you the truth.

We need to teach ourselves to tell the truth.

Purchasing a home in a residential neighborhood to use as an STR in Joshua Tree was never a good idea to begin with since the vast majority of guests are looking for privacy and separation in Joshua Tree and now this truth is playing out.If you have a unique offering, invest in good interior decorating/design and marketing photos, and have a great operator, you can still do well.

I remembering burning up the BP calculators over and over to convince myself the truth about leveraging. 

The truth is, you could read 100 books and still not know enough because certain things need to be learned through trial-and-error.

The truth is while mobile home investing we ask many of the same "condition" type questions of SFR as we do for mobile homes.

In a few cases it backfired as some people prefer a cleaner and simpler offer, but most people want to brag to their friends they got 20k over asking, even if it isn't the whole truth.3) Consider the max.

But the truth is that if the reverse should happen and you have negative cash flow due to some unpredictable event, then your net worth will decrease.

Also, in the future when people call and ask if you take Section 8 you will then be able to truthfully say, "We've already had a Section 8 inspector out here and it was determined by the inspector that the property does not meet the requirements to have a Section 8 renter here." 

@Tim Swierczek speaks the truth...a limited number of STR licenses.