I'm also in Mooresville, but we service all of Mecklenburg and Iredell counties.. would love to meet up. 

STR guests expect a certain level of hospitality and service.

Owners and/or property managers can neglect a property by deferring maintenance, not spending enough money on advertising, poor customer service, and not spending the capital necessary to keep interiors up to date with the market.

Hopefully the agent who does this is aware that he is violating the terms of service with their MLS by agreeing to this arrangement.

Make sure it explicitly explains the process for termination if you are unhappy with their services, but especially if they violate the terms of your agreement.3.

I see that as a positive having the US Postal service in your building, people still go to them and you will have a steady income.

They host fantastic meetups near philly/trenton and you can meet service providers in your area face to face.

This isn't in their wheelhouse so they don't have a service like the laws specify.

Once it get's put in service as a rental property, they are required to claim depreciation and then recapture depreciation when they sell.

When you claim it as an investment property, somewhere you need to record the date that it entered into service as a rental property instead of your home.