Thank you for the absolute TREASURE trove of knowledge and selfless peer education provided on this forum. 

Best bet would be a “partnership” with a monied individual looking for a high risk/high return passive investment with you providing the “active” part.  

This could potentially meet your financial needs by itself as well as provide start up money to do flips or purchase buy and holds

Checkout my YT video, it'll provide more color. 

I can definitely provide a recommendation.

STR insurance provides broader coverage, including liability, property damage (even non-guest-related), and gaps Aircover might not cover.For damages caused by guests, document everything (photos, receipts, estimates) and file a claim through Airbnb.

We should be able to templatize routine reviews, although it certainly doesn’t provide any detail about why I was a good guest.

In this manual (which I assume could be modified to provide to tenants) I include all the financing information (which you would not include for tenants) bank accounts, mortgage accounts, payment information, and mortgage payoff), a list of the contractors, what each contractor does, a list of upcoming planned or necessary repairs, and a copy of all leases associated with the property.

Yes, I believe you are entitled to the EMD back as the seller didn't provide you with marketable title.4.

For legal, we can provide you a list of attorneys out there who do this and my recommendation is to interview them to see which one you feel works best for you.