My husband and I attend several Real Estate Meetups in our area and have started our own Meetup that meets regularly. 

Landlord: Focus on applicant criteria, vetting potential tenants, thorough lease agreements, outline tenant expectations, perform regular walk throughs with tenants, and use web-based rent collection and maintenance requests. 

Is there a significant fee that I would have to pay opposed to just going through a regular lender ?

[Self promotion removed by moderators]Next, it is important to work with an agent who works with investors regularly for obvious reasons.

I will rent or partner with you on your property and host short term guests.

For the uninitiated, SXSW is a global convention hosted in Austin every spring.

“Regular” rent was $975 for upstairs and $1009 downstairs (we pay utilities out of this) with a mortgage of $900. 

There are some great ones in your area, and if not, start one, or drive every month to one, you can find them or start one here:https://www.biggerpockets.com/...I believe the best local events for you are the Central CT meet-up in Manchester hosted by Scott Hollister and the Glastonbury meet-up hosted by Stephanie Cabral both great events, hosted by great knowledgeable people who attract a great group you can learn from.Best of luck

(let’s say your deductible is $25,000).To add a buy-down program to your protection you would look to max your policy deductible (typically to $100k, $500k, or $1MM), which will decrease your premium.The Buy-Down program deductible could stay the same or decrease from than the original $25,000.The program provides coverage from your buy-down deductible up to your new regular policy deductible.The program would be an additional cost, but ideally would save money OR keep costs the same while lowering out of pocket expenses.Part 3 of 5: Who has access to Deductible Buy-Down programs?

And guess what, the guest mentions Extenuating Circumstances and refers to airbnb's link on the subject: https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/2701/coronavirus-information-and-extenuating-circumstances-policyIf you are a long time host you probably know what it means for you as a host, regardless of your cancellation policy.