Pretend you’re a hotel guest, and live in it yourself for a few nights, or have a friend stay and give you feedback like they are a whining hotel guest.

(an employee for airbnb gave me this figure, you can read more about it here http://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-pays-hotel-b... ).Home sharing, ride sharing, sharing in general seems here to stay.

I think it would have been cheaper to fly your plumber to Philly to do my sewer lateral work and put him up in a really nice hotel for a few days

They should be putting you up in a hotel and making claims against their insurance (better yet the insurance of the HOA) due to damage to the unit you are expected to live in.

I guess our hotels and apartments will stay full for a while from out of towners pitching in. 

The Mortgagee must determine the Net Self-Sufficiency Rental Income and obtain a completed form HUD-92561, Borrower’s Contract with Respect to Hotel and Transient Use, from the Borrower.

I slept in the car some nights, homeless shelters, and hotels for some months.Then things stabilized, but we were poor.I think those experiences and senses of not having security were very valuable lessons for me at a young age and I'm happy they occurred.I've always been determined to not allow myself to ever be in such a situation again.I look forward to the day when I can say I own quite a few properties.I'm excited to continue to create success for myself.I wish you lots more success!

Cash flow management is an important part of the business. don't overleverage yourself to the point where one unforeseen makes you go bankrupt. ideally, if you want the tenant to leave so you can rehab and refinance you either buy them out of the lease, or put them in a hotel while you refinance, but that's not something you can depend on 100%.

, and a hotel.

Maybe between 5-7 additional weeks from the beginning of May until mid December.But overall it provides about $45K/year in rental revenue for just 22 weeks/year.True you have to fully furnish it and operate it like a hotel (almost) but I like it a lot and we use it as a vacation home for our family as well.