A quick Google search turned this up:Some states, like South Carolina and Oregon, even require aspiring managers to carry a specific property manager's license.

I have been in the STR game 7 years and have built from scratch two times already, with unique architecture/ design forward STR specific builds as a hedge against the competition in my area.

You can see the price of appliances etc.. take a look down the aisles or utilize the website to see what materials cost in your market.Lastly, if you use the price per foot method to quickly scope a rehab budget, have a contractor handy to see if their price estimate closely resembles your estimate. 

We try to get a copy of their latest budget and reserve study.

There are specific occupancy requirements on the FHA loan, and generally you have to make payments for at least 6 months.

However, I'm interested in more detailed guidelines regarding the specific categories of expenses and income, as well as any operational assumptions you might advise.For instance:General and Administrative Expenses: How do we determine if costs related to software, credit card fees, office supplies, etc., are reasonable based on the size (square footage) of the facility?

I have no specific properties in mind as of now, but wanted to reach out to all of you and see what factors I should be looking for/at once I am physically there.

I bought the property with a fix and flip hard money bridge loan, put down roughly 22% and and financed 100% of my rehab budget into the bridge loan. 

Specifically, there's job growth (Intel, Honda, Amazon, Nationwide, etc) and the population is growing (unlike Cleveland or Cincy).

Any specific resources you can recommend (maybe a YouTube channel or something) that might help me make sense of this?