Hey Brandon, A CPA usually pays for itself and a few times over from the extra deductions and savings he is able to provide by knowing the system.

Just to double-check -- you're talking about adding alt text within your photos, NOT just the caption, correct?

We completely remodeled the entire building from tearing out a wall to putting down new floors and even adding a small kitchen.

We have good credit scores but are worried that down the line we'll have too much debt in our names if keep adding to our portfolio.

We deliberately got rid of signs and newspaper ads over a decade ago - to avoid these types of tenants. 

Every $ you convert will be added to your taxable income.

There’s been a lot of debate on what markup you need to keep your payouts whole.If you want to offset the entire 15.5% fee, the correct markup is 18.34%.That’s because you’re covering the full fee from scratch.But here’s the key: most hosts (myself included) were already absorbing the old 3% fee as an acquisition cost.In that case, you don’t need to markup that part again — you only need to offset the extra 12.5%.Example:Old rate = $100Airbnb takes 12.5% → you’d only get $87.50To get back to $100: $100 ÷ 0.875 = $114.29That’s a 14.29% markup (multiply rates by 1.1429).So which is correct?

For a house this size, I’d want $6k–$10k set aside at all times.Student rental angle: Since you’re looking at students, build in a little extra cushion.

@Mahmudul Shoikot recommend sharing the address here, so we can all comment on the ad and rental comparables...

Retail purchases without a value add with traditional financing requires patience to have cash flow as an LTR.Seeing the purchase has already made, you will not be getting a desperate seller to sell off market below market price or good alternative financing.That leaves- value add: for you first effort you likely will not be adding much value in excess of costs.