Do you request the ID verification on your own, or is that via Airbnb?

No one's perfect and honest mistakes happen and a PMC often needs guidance as to what level an owners wants to maintain their property.Wasn't trying to solicit your business,so I'll respond via DM about the rest of your questions:)

The above also doesn't cover the dozen times I asked via email and phone for more regular communication.

We had only worked together via phone and email for this deal.After all prorations at closing, I was only responsible to bring 6% to the table.

Duplex can always add additional units via the ADU laws. 8) Related to number 1, purchasing a property with an existing ADU is cheaper than buying a property and adding an ADU.

Currently exploring investing in South-East Spain (Almeria) for STR.From what I read as US-resident, it's much more advantageous to invest via a Spanish SL (able to deduct costs in the tax + less transfer tax in the purchase). 

At the very least you will want to have some general foundations set because with time you will modify processes and the learnings via experience you gain.

Any time you "are trying to be nice" or "give them a break", not only do you undermine the legal foundations of your lease, you embolden the unethical tenants to move the boundary further in their favor.

The pay stubs can be hard copies or digital PDFs generated directly by your employer and sent via email; we cannot accept screen captures to verify income.Once your completed application materials have been received and it appears that you would meet our qualifying criteria, we would send you a link to perform a credit/criminal background check (this minor expense would be yours), and if those results come back acceptable, we would offer to proceed.

But as soon as you make a direct booking site and start an escrow account (among other things) you then cross that legal boundary between a co-host and a property manager needing a broker license (depending on your state).We CO-HOST for others and remain separated from those legal parameters that would consider us a property manager.