In my practice, I am committed to delivering exceptional service and leveraging my decades of experience to benefit my clients.Additionally, seek out testimonials or referrals from other real estate clients to gauge the CPA's expertise and reliability.

Cross-check your ARV with real comps before committing - I use a mix of Redfin and tools like PropLab that auto-pull adjusted comps to sanity check my manual analysisKeep building - the best investors I know all started with their own spreadsheets before using any tools.

If you are paying the $1500/m subsidy to rent it you will lose the same $12K in just 8 months and you have to commit to a 12 month lease.

Show commitment, and experienced investors will take notice.

Successful STRs exist in many areas, and the right fit depends on how much time, energy, and capital you want to invest.

Ask your bank that holds the note for your existing property and ask them.

I think the whole research process (including setting things up first on OwnerRez, then moving to creation of a site) took about a month to launch (with me working on other commitments as well during the work week).

True non-recourse is possible, but rare and restrictiveIf your goal is zero personal liability for all members, that exists only with:Lower leverage (typically 50–65% LTV)Strong DSCRClean operating historyUsually higher loan balancesThese executions are closer to small-balance commercial than standard DSCR.5.

Have they committed to a test drive of the idea, even in one building? 

That’s a fair point—and I agree the data itself already exists.