Instead, they are attempting to substitute future fees for an actual refund, which is extremely unfair to me.

Mortgage at 6%,10% management fees, insurance, mx fees, landscaping, etc.

After several months of paying a lawyer over $5K and a ruling from a Justice of the Peace I was to pay for their stuff including their legal fees of another $5K.  

You could learn a lot without taking on much risk and you'd be right next door, so you could keep a close watch on it and even potentially do the turnovers yourself to earn the cleaning fee—just a thought. 

The challenge you're hitting is common at this stage: scaling efficiently without overleveraging or getting squeezed on financing.With your portfolio and cash flow, it might be time to look at portfolio lending or DSCR loans that allow you to recycle capital without the heavy rate/fee hikes that come with low down payments.

So after splits, expenses, taxes and fees you are luckly if you are left with a couple grand. 

Almost all their competitors simply charge a $1/month/ per unit fee as you grow your portfolio, and I think that approach, still capped at $80/month, would be much better than these big steps. 

Here I’ll deep dive the financials on my worst performing STR Location: 78203 Zip Code/Eastside San Antonio, Texas (Denver Heights)Type: Single Family HomeBuilt: 1938 (Fully remodeled in 2021)Beds: 5 (1 King and 2 Queens and 2 Twin)Bath: 2 FullSquare Feet: ~1600HOA: No2025 FinancialsRevenue: $35,826Mortgage(PITI): $29,204Cleaning Fees: $10,582Management Fees: $2,346Repairs: $1,669Supplies: $1,069Internet: $978.27Electricity: $3,128Water: $472Hotel Tax: $1,540Net Cash: –$15,162.27 (If we factor in principal paydown on the loan, this may be closer to -$10k)Occupancy rate is about 35%This home sucks.

Meaning tax credits were more than all the fees and I cost paid $2500 to buy this place.

Maybe double the pet fee per pet for pet #2 and triple it for pet #3?