The house is very clean and practically everything has been replaced.  

It seems like a pretty common practice to put a property that isn't your primary residence into an LLC, even if its the only investment property you own.

We have seen our contact rates drop significantly over the last few months (in June we averaged 8% contact rates, and we are now around 5% consistently.

Hey Petya, I worked as a stock broker and almost became a financial advisor but stopped because the companies that I worked for didn't want me to practice real estate.

I think the key here can be boiled down to 2 words: persistence and consistence.

I'm brand new to REI and starting to practice analyzing deals for single family flips.

While our long-term rental covered 60% of our mortgage, switching to a STR consistently covered 100%+.

I just thought that it might be valuable for networking and learning different business practices. 

It does take time and practice, plus more practice.

- Give clear and detailed instructions of what you want done- Pay them consistently, on time, and in full (surprisingly people don't do this)- Give them consistent work/employment- Don't try to nickel and dime, be willing to pay more.