Should I have a weight limit on pests? 

Because we found out the home fell into this category (after our offer was accepted), and we were insistent that we wanted 2 income producing units, we began to solution for this issue. 

Way too many people put too much weight on an appraisal.

We use one business card for simplicity and download the transactions and then reconcile them by Category (Office Supplies, Repairs & Maintenance, Property Mgmt, etc.), by Responsible Entity (which LLC, corp or whatever) and property if necessary.

I’m not sure if this is a requirement, or legally holds weight, but he is the only child of the deceased.

If you chose to keep the contracting “at arm’s length” and avoid any future liabilities, then verify/hire your contractors and don’t bring them in-house and be clear about their roles and responsibilities beyond the Scope of Work.I think it’s also important to know for all of us here at BP that the word “contractor” carries a lot of weight and means very different things to different people, none of them incorrect.

Referrals from fellow investors are worth their weight in gold and so Im asking on here. 

Your place is listed as sleeping 8 because of bunk beds in the third bedroom with stated 200-lb weight limits.

If you are using the BP Cashflow Calculator, you want to put as accurate a number as possible in the "estimated repair cost" category.

Because they have onsite management they will likely fall into the category of condo-tells and not be eligible for conventional financing which will probably mean 25% down and slightly higher rates.