Water bills are up 50% to 100%, electric bills are up 33% and gas bills are up 30%, and of course tax bills are up and new bills for new items are created. 

You'll need a cleaner who is willing to do some extras (for extra pay) such as receiving packages for restocking or replacing worn items, or being the local contact person in an emergency. 

The house is fully furnished, but none of our valuable items are in it.

You also learn from every quote you get, and always ask for a breakdown of labor and materials or further itemization (you might not get it every time). 

.- Read and utilize the appendix items from Brandon Turner's Book on Managing Rental Properties.

Inflation- still have plenty of hard assets and development land sites, to ride any high inflation moves.Let me know if you recommend any changes/adds to the above action items. 

The driveway is 'Y' shaped, very narrow from the street to the back, then both houses have their own parking area in the back.The issue he is having is the other homeowner is 'accidentally' leaving nails, screws, and other puncture problem items on the driveway with alarming regularity.

The VA would need training on ins and outs, policies on your leasing, maintenance and all other items in order to properly handle, communicate with your tenants and prospect tenants.

I'll skip over that and give a very brief list of some other items I tell my students in the Airbnb class I teach here in Denver.

But the items that are specific to financial performance and the safety of yourself and the neighbors, etc should be the ones you pay more attention to.