For a short term rental you’ll probably need 20% down payment (assuming you buy as an investment property), and then you’ll need around 15k for furniture + additional money for remodel.

This software I'm using is something I got from the App Store called DealCheck.

The key to deep understanding of financial terms is hours of practice running the numbers; a spreadsheet is just a tool to make the calculations less tedious.Using someone else's spreadsheet is like working from someone else's office desk: You can still get work done, but it will take longer and you won't know exactly where the pencils are stored!

I referred her to the lease para which strictly forbids any furniture being stored in garage.

My parents would find furniture and electronics that others had thrown away during “pickup” and sanitize them and tinker with them until they were functional and like new.

Hiring a sitter is difficult - as soon as you leave most of the time they do too and play stupid when the house is stripped when "they went to the store". 

Where will the cameras store data? 

Comes with some nice furniture and AC.

He replied back with sympathy about my situation and wrote: "You may end the tenancy end of this week"Therefore, I rushed to move out and dump all of my furnitures and house hold goods to meet this deadline which was Aug. 1st.

Partner A buys a light bulb and Partner B is furious because he was not invited in the decision process and because Partner A paid one dollar more than it was at another store.