QUESTION: Has anyone had success going all in on marketing to groups celebrating milestones? Partner and I bought our first STR in Western NC. Big 5 BR home with gorgeous views of a lake and mountains beyond. As most ...

This is a lesson I have learned on a few occasions. 

I would agree, on 8% being the norm, with several lenders falling in the 7's on occasion.

I looked into this at more than one occasion, because Milwaukee has such an old housing stock, everything is 60-120 years old.Most of the new apartments we see are 4 and 5 star developments with very high rents, this allows to offset the high cost of construction a little better.

YES, you can get the work done for less than this on occasion, in particular if you are doing some or all of the labor yourself, not pulling permits, or purchasing stolen materials as a starting point. 

We have worked closely together on several occasions and she's been fantastic!

We have collected this on many occasions.

-A water heater issue resulted in repeated mismanagement—confusing unit assignments—leading to extra costs to fix the same issue 3 times and on each occasion "more fixes" needed to the water heaters that I plumber said was needed.

Text isn't an officially acceptable way of relaying this information here.On the somewhat rare occasion when I deduct from a security deposit, I send an itemized list of the expenses deducted to the tenant's new address via certified mail. 

Are you celebrating any special occasions?