Last trip, I stopped at Goodwill and others and bought a ton of Cargo pants, Black dress shoes, and dri fit shirts for around USD$1 to $3 each. 

That said, $45 is minor, so some landlords will credit it as a goodwill gesture to secure a strong tenant — just be consistent moving forward.

Go to Goodwill and find some "no money down" books from the 70's  Robert Allen preached all of this back in the day. 

While I do believe in personal responsibility and that everyone should advocate for themselves, I also value goodwill on a personal level.

They denied it immediately, and after multiple follow-ups, they continued to stand firm with no flexibility or empathy.Eventually, they offered to extend my access and give me a mindset coaching call—but it felt more like a low-effort PR move to retain goodwill and keep me quiet than a sincere attempt to resolve the situation.Their contract also includes aggressive language threatening to report participants to collections and credit bureaus if they dispute charges.

@Michael LewisYour book on the 2008 crash was good.

This positioning means you are not tied to appreciation or speculative exit timelines, and you aren’t dependent on operator goodwill to be paid.

I one house we didn't get a dumpster, but put out 165 construction bags of trash, after donating clothes, furniture and household goods to local charities like Goodwill and Salvation Army. 

Short-term rental income can fluctuate, so paying an extra 1×–2× annual earnings for the LLC might not be worth it unless you’re sure you can sustain or grow that income.Bottom line:Treat it primarily as a real estate deal, and don’t overpay for goodwill or past performance unless you can verify it will transfer to you without issues.

You’ll be changing the insurance from a homeowners policy to a landlord’s policy, because otherwise you would have zero insurance, and that’s not good.