They use nicer quality premanufactured cabinets, granite, etc, but not like over the top.

It depends on your financial strength, the quality of the property, how many properties you own, etc.I like to start with one major expense and three months of vacancy.

Terrible for any home that is unique, special situation or a C class neighborhood with mix of home quality (renovated vs run down).I find Zillow very useful for pulling my own deal comps though.

Lastly and of utmost importance to me was either water or Mountain View’s....this is a vacation rental after all and I wanted a little bit of a wow factor and the Mountain View’s definitely provide that......I know it was quite a list but this place checked off all the boxes so I was very confident in my decision and I knew the place had huge potential and that once renovated it would do very well and ppl would enjoy coming up to spend quality time in nature and enjoy the views. 

regardless of what you do, you'll definitely want to look into what your options are for thoroughly vetting these tenants (a bad tenant can easily ruin a good property).The more info you provide to the forums, the higher quality feedback you'll receive.Good luck!

As far as comps go and pricing property it depends on a few other factors but it really comes down to the property itself and the overall quality, condition, and location.

The vendors are typically paid far less than they would earn on a normal job, so they tend to be lower-quality vendors and slower to respond.

Buy solid homes, ie go for quality not quantity. 

Simple cash repayment horizon is 3.3 years, and attracting better quality tenants at the higher price point.

Because I'm located quite a distant away from my properties, I want to emphasize the quality of work of the contractors I onboard as part of my team - and thus am doing a ton of research up front.