If they are chewing on 2x4s in the wall, keep tearing off drywall until you see clean healthy wood.

Is maintenance more after they move out because of shedding, chewing, etc?

I certainly have made mistakes...and got my butt chewed out by my broker.

What's left after insurance gets chewed up by overhead for maintaining an office and staff to collect rent, manage accounts and reporting, manage subs and their accounting, etc.

She’s never chewed one base board, door, cabinet, or counter.Given this excellent study with a large sample size, I have no problems renting to Great Dane owners.

I then called him and chewed his *** and told him that I'd been buying other properties and wasn't using him for them because I wasn't comfortable with his management. 

Now, it's time to pay, you agreed to bite it off, now you need to chew it.You may think you have a lot of experience but I'd question that, because of your situation and looking at what you think are greener pastures. 

The conversation was frank and informative, and it actually caused me to reassess my purchase price and general scope of work (don't bite off more than I can chew on the first one) and as a result it changed my criteria and farm area, which I am happy about. 

I have chewed on this exact question myself and I plan on financing in my (and/or my partner's) name and then quit claim deeding to the LLC once the loan is locked in.

I'm fearful that we are biting off more then we can chew for our first property.