Some suggestions would be to repaint, paint the brick, I would go white trim outside and a gray body, or another fairly neutral color.

My first thought is that at least 15 people were in there.Maybe this a common practice (to pile as many bodies as possible) to share the cost or big extended family, especially given that the holiday rate was probably peak.If this is also common for smaller 2-BR/1-BR cabins, why not just get older cabins for 100k less since the renters aren’t going to take care of your property?

There is also serious regulatory risk - a town can just change their view on STRs overnight and that can really impact your "business". 

Quote from @Richard Anderson: @Paul Sandhuis the dead body question from experience?

Short term rentals are tough on the regulatory side. 

While your citizenship may help you greatly with the regulatory burden buying a fixer upper creates more complexity.

Well, as my late father would had said, if I had female body parts, I'd be a female.

Originally posted by @Michael Hayworth:The absolute best guy to look for is the crusty old home inspector who was a contractor most of his life and now has moved into home inspections to do something easier on the body in his 50s or 60s.

It is advisable to do your due diligence and ask about such things as how long have they been in business, are alternative assets their sole focus, are they BBB accredited and rated, are they a regulated financial institution, have they ever been sanctioned by any regulatory bodies, how many accounts and how much in assets do they administer?

The only thing that would stop me right now from considering another property in SP in my hunt to replace my recently sold duplex is the hostile regulatory environment and extreme progresssive politics currently in full force in Seattle city council.