You can be nice, professional, and even compassionate while still running it like a business.If you keep rent $200 below market, you are essentially paying the tenant $2,400 a year to live in your rental.

In Florida, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation provides oversight for the construction industry. 

Unless released by either party that money sits, no matter how right or wrong either side is!

If you do it correctly by hiring professionals, this will be a much better experience.

It sounds elitist but someone suggested making a forum only for "professionals" (vs. the simple pay-for 'pro' designation which doesn't say anything about your experience). 

CA benefits from a glorious past with tech industry and entertainment industry to name a few, that were built before CA became effectively a one party system; and this "People's Republic" unfortunately also "occupies" more than half of our beautiful West Coast with prime real estate.

No cats were in his unit and the carpet was professional cleaned before he moved in. 

Has anyone run into a house owned by one party on land owned by another?

If you're a real estate professional for tax purposes that doesn't apply.

It has nothing to do with rent.The only correct way to estimate monthly reserves for capex is exactly what any professionally managed HOA does.