I'm investing in most of the items you've listed- just not stock market.

Or are you going solo via VRBO.Other costs to factor would be utilities, WiFi, housekeeping (this should be a big $$ fee per clean on such a huge house), set-up as you would need to furnish house...hot tub needed as this is a popular rental requested item in the mountains (if you get this, now you need a hot tub cleaner)??

At 20 years old, unless you price in EOL (end of life) systems (and appliances, HVAC, roof, etc.) you need to address these items.

They make an oversized plate (and its a stock item at the depot) that covers the holes & allows you to replace with a single-handle valve.

Personally, I imagine that employee labor is just as expensive as sub-contractors if you're not tremendously optimized in your business.I think this is very true, in that when you hire employees you explicitly have to pay all the "loading" charges of those employees.Contractors, on the other hand, can frequently be retained for less due to competition among competing contractors, as well as lack of business sophistication on the part of many contractors in pricing their services (i.e. they don't necessarily understand/quantify and build in all of their hard/soft costs, a prime example being the true cost of longer-lived items like tools and vehicles).

-On 1 of the weekends, they will be here to move some inexpensive items for about 3 – 4 hours.-2 days before the lease start they will take the keys.

There are some items that I can buy in bulk because I know that I will use them.

Are there particular conditions or line items in your business plan they are expecting?

I told the building dept to void my electrical application, no longer doing any major alterations, just the items on the C/O list of repairs.

My understanding is that having such items in the lease gives me more flexibility to potentially evict people if I have a problem with them.