Yes it’s strange that it is not as discussed as much on BP but I assure you the competition is there.

Therefore, every year attorneys and members of the Chicago Association of Realtors post an updated lease for housing providers to ensure compliance with RLTO and help set housing providers up for success.

For instance, our company handles all the administration, compliance and bookkeeping work for your investments so you don't need to constantly deal with that as you would in a Checkbook IRA.

A lock that I have used in the past and really like was Yale Assure Lock 2. 

Here are some softwares we use to automate and streamline our STR business:Channel manager - Guesty For HostsDynamic pricing engine - WheelhouseCleaners - TurnoverbnbTaxes, licensing, compliance - Avalara/MyLodgeTax (we don't use this anymore but I'd recommend it for 1st time STR investors)

As I understand it, str's are against code compliance within the City of Clearwater as well as St.

If you think I need to suffer financial ruin to really make sure I’ve learned my lesson, I assure you the stress, anxiety, additional costs of rework, and realization that some people (if you can call these “handymen” people) truly have no regard for their fellow human (or even the reputation attached to their own name) has seared this lesson into my mind already.

Yes Sean, that is mostly the strategy I am taking so I can assure a path to finance prior to making offers. 

There is a process and having a system in place will assure your success in selecting the right property.Continues success!

Doing either of those things would basically put me in non-compliance with the state security deposit law.Would it be better to just forget the separate account and put the deposit in with the rent monies in the other account?