I can't decrease it, but I can avoid adding to it. 

If liquidity is tight, I’d either renegotiate the price or look for something with stronger day-one cash flow so the deal feels less stressful.

Whether it’s creative financing, estate clean-outs, bad Airbnb advice, or properties bought with optimism and sold with stress — I tend to get looped in when things are messy.

Prioritize boring cash flow and clean operations over chasing the perfect duplex, because the first small multifamily that runs smooth is what lets you stack reserves and scale without stress.

But once portfolios grow, the hidden cost is usually time, stress, and operational inconsistency — not just vendor pricing.

And even then, guests might still complain and give bad reviews- Necessity to discount- Price war between the many STRs affected and competitive disadvantage compared to the already established players.The result: lots of stress and much less rental income.As we know, LLMs can make mistakes and hallucinate so I thought I'd ask the short-term rental experts out here.Many thanks

A bigger cash cushion reduces stress when vacancies or surprise repairs pop up.

I noticed there have been some significant decreases in asking price up and down Western NC. 

I have a high income but I can't take the stress.

Do not over leverage.In addition, higher returns do not justify additional stress.