It turns out, the family is relocating temporarily because the mother has been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, and they are undergoing clinical trials in the area.

While we don't necessarily have the time to manage the properties 100% ourselves, we at least do have the flexibility to be moderately involved and plan to keep the property manager accountable and regularly undergo thorough audits of incurred expenses (i.e. request bigger ticket items $150-$200< to be submitted etc).Through a mentor (very large SoCal real estate investor involved in large Industrial, retail, and with vast experience in SFH-MF), I've been seriously advised against hiring a property manager - he's warned that while the baseline fees appear to be a good deal, the inflated repair bills, stalled evictions, and mismanagement will eat up cash flow and money out of pocket will be needed to make mortgage payments - even with the best PMs.Out of curiosity, what has your experience been like with property managers?

However, people are always moving out of the Bay Area because it's so expensive, and with the undergoing shift to more remote work, some people are keeping their high income jobs and moving to lower cost areas.

For example a blind seeing eye dog.Emotional support animals are governed by fair housing and does not need to undergo any training.

I think I may have also turned off Adobe shockwave flash?  

Law students also can't afford to get into trouble, because in order to be admitted to the bar, they undergo background and credit checks and have to be approved by the bar, and explain any lawsuits, etc.The worst thing about law students is that they will be so exhausted they will write out the rent check and forget to give it to you. 

And even if a unit is undergoing extensive renovations, the unit key is all that should be accessible to the contractor (whether via lockbox or you hand the contractor a copy).

The gun owner probably has had to undergo various qualifications to get the firearms legally; another occupant might not have been qualified at all.

I used to put in my ads "All applicants will undergo credit/eviction/employment/background/landlord/criminal checks. 

It is also not unusual for those seeking housing to call multiple times and to try to get a look inside a property that is undergoing renovation.Whenever we are working on a house, we let the contractors know not to engage in conversations with the public or let the public onto the property.