The Section 8 cut will likely cap approved rents/payments and make the waiting list longer.

Top five buyer-friendly housing markets offer price cuts and increased inventoryPhoenix leads the pack with over 31% of listings showing price cuts as national housing inventory reaches a five-year highAccording to Realtor.com, these are five of the ten most "buyer-friendly" areas:Phoenix, ArizonaThe number of active listings in Phoenix posted a 23.1% year-over-year jump last month.Tampa, FloridaRoughly 29.9% of its listings in May had experienced a price cutDenver, ColoradoThe proportion of up-for-sale homes that have undergone price cuts came in at 29.4%.Austin, TexasIn May, according to the report.

The cost being charged includes building a reserve trash fund.  

Can your spouse and yourself complete any of these renovations to help cut costs?

Then, following their removal I received a text requesting I remove the lilac stump which had appropriately been cut very low to the ground.

I will do a cost segregation.

Quote from @Kolin Goff: Does anyone have any firms they would recommend for cost segregation on my STR?

If these gurus took a truth serum, I would wager that less than 2% of the people who pay for these programs recover the costs they spent on these programs.

Your net income after all things considered is approximately 50% of your gross take home income (I don't say gross revenue because most platforms will take their 15% cut before they issue payment to owners and using gross revenue is pretty pointless.)

Quote from @Andrew Steffens: I have a client who lives in CO hired a company called Madison SPECS out of NJ do a cost seg for a property I manage in FL.