I'm interested in learning more about your business as well, definitely. ttys

I’ve been reading a lot about business books, negotiation books and I seemed to had an analysis paralysis because I felt very stuck even though I am learning and preparing.

Might help drive some business toward you but also show the municipality that you are taking an active role to help non clients make their STRs better for neighbors.

The LLC is the business structure most use when investing in STRs.If you're extra worried about liability you could split the 3 properties into 3 LLCs but to me this seems like a situation of "If it ain't broke don't fix it"

Maybe if there were a crime spree terrorizing the entire county, but I'm not even sure about that.The bottom line, in business and in government is, "where is the money going to come from?"

These are all solvable problems you can draft a business plan for, then propose your strategy and projected business benefits to the host.  

.* And for low performing properties one of the features i really like is you can make a change to your listing - lets say update the property description, log it, then see if this makes any chances in your placement.I'm not affiliated with them but think its a great tool to turn around poor performing properties - assuming the STR is competitive compared to your competition.I agree with Henry that you can probably do better self-managing IF you have the time and appetite for dealing with guests and learning the dos and don't....Heres is the turnaround of one of our Floridas STR that was lagging - now back to near the top on the first page.  

Have you reached out to friends, local groups, businesses, schools, hospitals, etc. telling them about your rental and the special promotion you are offering to their members?

They care about the occupancy and financials a lot. 4. if you are going to run a owner occupied business out of the property such as adult care facility and you are considered 51% owner occupied you can do 20% down and really good rates. 

The business and law portion should be the same for the general contractors exam.