I am also becoming an agent soon and it is an illegal practice of law to draft a lease agreement as an agent and one could loose their license.

If that isn't feasible for his situation I'd recommend looking for rentals in the southern/middle part of the country where price points are much easier and the laws are landlord friendly.

Does anyone know of a reliable site or resource to check zoning laws for Airbnbs or STRs in general?

@Melissa Goff Let me know what you are looking for in terms of a mother-in-law suite.

In CA we have had statewide ADU laws since 2019 and every year they add new statewide ADU laws.  

It is against the law in most if not all states to market or represent yourself as an architect without being licensed.

The same laws and procedures apply.

They update the forms every time a law changes.

Will depend on several factors like the type of property, type of tenants, your risk tolerance, other assets you own, your estate planning, laws where the property is located, etc.

The security deposit was about 1.5x monthly rent..... the PM attempted to collect the final rent payment but was unsuccessful.....Now according to the property management company they need to technically apply the security deposit to the rent (according to them is part of some sort of fair housing law or something etc.) vs applying it to the damage caused by the tenant.