I collect a pet fee to help offset the cost of any additional cleaning that might be needed for pet hair and such.

If there is dog odor, there probably is dog hair in the ducts.

My Airbnbs in Jersey are 90% occ but my ADRs are a hair lower than ADR from pricelabs. 

With any business there is always some sort of accounting issue that comes up.

Had to use 4 different calculators, re-enter the same data each time, and manually compare results in a spreadsheet.My workflow:BiggerPockets calculator for conventionalFHA.com calculator for FHA loansRandom DSCR lender site for non-QMExcel to compare everything side-by-sideRip my hair out...I'm curious how everyone else handles this.

What new AI tools are you finding most useful today as both an investor/cash buyer of some sort?

I am sort of new here (been lurking in the forums since June).

This is sort of the "easy way out" where I'd be living cheaper and have a place up until my training.Option B: I go through with finding a house hack in the area (possibly rent out to/with my brother and his girlfriend?)

I am assuming pics of their work, I really need to get a weekend and get up there and get it sorted and spend it interviewing people.  

Over the years, I’ve noticed something interesting working with investors:The biggest tax mistakes usually don’t come from shady strategies or bad CPAs…They come from poor recordkeeping and timing.Here’s what I mean A lot of investors don’t track which expenses are repairs (deduct now) and which are improvements (depreciate later).They toss all the receipts into a box or an app and hope it sorts itself out in March.Then when tax season hits, they realize half of those costs could’ve been handled differently — maybe deducted sooner or even structured better if they’d planned a few months ahead.The IRS doesn’t just care what you spent… it cares how you report it.