My vision for CountOnCam LLC is to be a company that would like to provide a shared housing experience for women and children, immigrants, and low income families.

To set the stage, I'm owner of a short-term rental property in the Poconos in PA and we use a property management company for bookings, maintenance/cleaning, guest management, etc.This past weekend we had a guest booking but when the guests arrived Friday evening the house had no running water, though it had been running fine earlier in the day when the Property manager (PM) was at the house to give a final check and leave the welcome packet.

I called my local insurance company, as well as two major companies and was told "good luck." 

@Noah Laker Will you be running the house or leasing it to a company.

3) GPs tout years of experience in this space, how can LPs stay on top of GPs staying on top of hired companies? 

Here's an article with things to consider when selecting a cost segregation company.

You could also use "Doug's LLC and/or assigns" where Doug's LLC is your hypothetical company.As for the assignment contract, you can get one from an attorney for probably less than $1,000, you can also make a friend at a title company, they probably have a template they could give you.  

Yes, just like you claim depreciation on the use of your property, any company including an insurance company claim depreciation when they pay for your damage.

I almost exclusively sell bank foreclosures for a large asset management company, and I also do a lot of marketing for wholesale deals.

You can use the Bigger Pockets management finder tool to look up MTR management companies in the area and then I have a few recs I can provide if you are interested.Shoot me a message if you would like to discuss further and I can help you strategize to make sure you make the best decision possible!