I tried doing that with my personal credit card but am having errors preventing me from doing so.

It prevents me from transferring money to my crypto exchanges and I end up wiring money, which gets expensive.

As far as navigating STR laws/HOAs, I think its best to have a PM with experience operating STR's specifically in KC to prevent as many headaches as possible and answer any questions you may have before-hand.

By having shorter tenancies, you can do more preventative maintenance to take care of your property and make updates between tenants that allows you to increase rent even more. 

Buying a new build could be a good idea as well to prevent maintenance costs, but if you’re trying to BRrrr than bad idea.

Staff cannot ask about the person’s disability, require medical documentation, require a special identification card or training documentation for the dog, or ask that the dog demonstrate its ability to perform the work or task.I can't speak to Florida law but Federal regs are in force.In the end, you just eat the extra cleaning, if any, but you can charge for damage caused by the guests or service animals.So in both cases of our service animal guests, they were excellent with zero issues.EDIT - The stupid forum prevents me from putting a link to the ADA rules -https://www.ada.gov/resources/service-animals-2010-requirements

I would then request rent be due at the end of month to prevent late fees and evictions.   

They’ll also keep abreast of the laws and prevent violations. 

I put strainers in tubs and make all necessary upgrades to prevent them but if they cause them then it’s in them. 

During the rental process, we independently keep track of: The leads who contact usNamePhone numberEmail address (if provided)How they contacted us (Zillow, Trulia, CL, Hotpads, etc.)Any other details we deem pertinent.It may be overkill, maybe it could help us prevent and/or investigate/report this kind of fraud if we need to.It sounds like we need to step up our game the next time we list these properties.