Have you or any of the other posters on here ever thought of starting a business to help non-tech savvy investors set these items up?

These are not words of wisdom, just thoughts and action items that came up along the way. 

You can put a line item for monthly deep clean if you want though.

These are all legit tenant screening items.

However, if someone is so uncomfortable with debt that they can’t emotionally separate debt for investment from debt for consumer items, than they’re probably better off limiting their expectations at to the beneficial aspects of real property investing.  

All of that starts with 1 STR.You are right in your assessment of the importance of AIRs priorities, Not so correct that we need an outside source to maximize these 2 items.

For a number of years, mortgages barely made it as a line-item concern.

If the tile is a style I don’t like, but, it’s not chipped, I save it, etc etc… the trick for me is to start with all major mechanical items: hvac, HWT, panel, and then add the roof… if all that checks out then the odds of a minimal rehab are even better!!! 

For bookkeeping purposes, you should have a separate line item on your P&L to account for the Section 179D deduction under “other expenses”.

Does the company provide a list of renovated items?