A) It's the right thing to do, B) By lying, you will potentially harm another landlord down the road.

We can guide you through various loan types and help you choose what works best for your situation.To sum up:While starting with a local rental might give you more control and reduce potential headaches, there’s no harm in exploring out-of-state opportunities as long as you’re prepared for the management challenges.

No one arguing for rent control, rent stabilization, or "just cause" nonsense understands basic economic concepts, and holds beliefs that are fundamentally opposed to the principles of liberty and freedom, upon which the US was founded.It would be great if we could just laugh along with them at the joke, but their efforts and scare tactics are still getting implemented and causing long-term harm.  

Bottom line, the specific facts pertaining to the transaction would have to be examined to know when or whether an illegal act has occurred, and what remedies are available to investors who were harmed as a result.

. - On the contrary, if you only have a single family home and it's in great condition, what's the harm in managing yourself?

I am probably similar to you where I never want to retire but want to have the comfort to know if I fail pursuing a dream that it doesn't harm my children.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

If the claims are serious enough, I may even call the local PD myself and let them handle it; that way, if the tenant does something crazy and harms themselves or a neighbor, you're covered. 

However, if the test returns negative for harmful mold, the tenant will be billed for the test.

But as I already indicated, neither your or my opinions harm the debate.