By focusing on branding and marketing, optimizing revenue management, cultivating a winning mindset, and staying attuned to design trends, we left the conference armed with the knowledge and confidence to thrive in the competitive world of short term rentals.Plus, I got to make some new friends out there!

Life is too short to worry about all the small stuff and nonsense the internet creates for us.

We have a city near Denver (Arvada) that allows for non-owner occupied STRs but limits the number of nights you can rent to 240/year as a short-term rental.

List with an agent that also has a great relationship base that will lead to more deals in the future.  

Also, betting on appreciation for a short span (2 years) sounds too risky, as there's a lot of volatility that can happen in just 2 years.

We as a firm have investors working with us who have short term rental properties all over the US for example big and small.Finding a real estate-focused tax professional and one who can help with advisory and grow with you would be my suggestion to focus your efforts on finding.

I’ve thought about using prop stream or batch leads and calling a list of 1000 homes.

I'd be curious what lead you to Ohio or Michigan? 

However, with this responsibility often comes the need for enforcing certain rules and regulations, leading to fines for non-compliance.

Last year, I ended up $12k short.