I always tell folks not to beat themselves up, we don’t know what we don’t know.

I have had legitimate folks ask to see my place in person for a 5 week rental and I did a FaceTime tour with another that was out of town.  

Hoping there are groups of folks working in the same part of the world--Hudson Valley, Catskills, Oneonta--that would be open to a new member?

A lot of people try to manage property without a license, but since these folks defeated the first eviction they may have legal assistance.

Most folks think it's to limit your personal liability, and they're right.

I'm sure folks will respond here with the list of them.

The first agent may have procuring cause status, which might entitle the first agent to payment, in addition to the new agent.Why does the original poster want to dump the first agent? 

If you'd like, I can introduce you to some of these folks—they've helped several of my clients in the Fort Worth area overcome similar hurdles.And hey, if your ever considering expanding your investments into markets like Austin or Scottsdale, I've got some insights and connections that might be useful.

I dont know if you still have the AU version of BP I used to post on that frequently and helped a bunch of AU folks exit their poor buys..

We embrace S8 applicants, but screen them just like any other applicant.Many have an entitlement mentality and try to leverage their S8 voucher by pretending to be helpless:1) A percentage won't apply because they expect a landlord to waive application fees for them.2) Many cry broke and expect a landlord NOT to charge them a security deposit.3) Many of those same S8 tenants trying to avoid paying a security deposit, won't make an effort to call the list of nonprofits we send them that will pay their security deposit if they apply.4) A lot of them try to avoid paying for utilities.