Did you have any health or family issues that you had to overcome?

To assess the current or potential value of a property, it's helpful to see comparable active listings, and definitely sold properties, as well as what expired or cancelled and whether that was due to poor pricing.  

I'd encourage you to reach out to your CPA post April 15th for the details and an in-depth explanation.While it would be advantageous for tax to do what you're describing (assuming it's permissible under Sec 179), it's most likely poor business sense. 

I had a guest which sent some really poor vibes after booking.

While dogs are the most common type of assistance animal, other animals can also be assistance animals.”Also, I'd talk to an attorney because as you can see in this story: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-... things can go poorly if you lose a lawsuit due to charging pet rent for an assistance animal (this includes emotional support animals).I'd look into your local regulations too.

As was pointed out; if there is no health or safety reason to replace the carpet (i.e., no bodily fluids from this death) then there is no reason to replace the carpet and steam cleaning it is a perfectly reasonable option to do between tenants.The bottom line is what is really bothering you is moving into a place where a person died. 

This will attract the under 30 traveller crowd, which is really the best market for airBNB anyways, given that the over 30, and especially over 40 crowd tend to be overly critical of homesharing with overall poor 3-4 star reviews (instead of the consistent 5's required to stay relevant on a platform) and in general high maintenance with regards to questions, needs, etc.I've found when rooming with strangers, they really enjoy meeting others, and more importantly in general 'behave' better as they are in the company of strangers (vs. them being there with just their friends in a SFH/entire condo rental).

Holding equity in a rental property is a poor use of cash. 

Ron may not have ripped me off, but the followup service was poor. 

I grew up extremely poor and I am the first person in my family to ever truly invest in anything (that I know of anyways.)