Beyond Real Estate:I love traveling, meeting new people, spending time in nature, seeking adventures, learning new things, and always up for sports (playing and watching).Super pumped to dive into discussions, swap stories, and learn from all of you.

Find his other job sites and go talk to the homeowners, if he is doing it to you he is doing it to others, scammers be scammin.strength in numbers, get the homeowners together and see what you can do. other than that you are stuck to the legal system which you will spend 20-30k to get paid by him and he knows it, your first time and his operation procedure= no bueno .

Another suggestion is for you to shop for a natural gas provider to reduce your costs.

Generally speaking operate the LLC like a business, follow the operating agreement procedures, properly fund the LLC for the business operations you intend on performing and avoid commingling of  funds.

If this was a standard rental process then yes, I'd recommend going through the process of applications/screening steps, a background check, and then require the deposit; since it sounds like the house is being rented to transient workers though, the very nature of the work situation calls for a bit more flexibility on the renting end. 

Side note: Keep in mind some items are naturally low profit margin work and some are high profit margin work.

[sic] Those two things seem contradictory in nature to me.

While most medical professionals are good about planning for the future, the nature of how contracts get filled and where that takes the traveler often happen last minute. 

It’s human nature to give business to folks you like, so put yourself out there face to face, not just on social media 

@Tuan Huynh I have several units that I medium term rent to travel nurses/doctors here in San Diego and in process of renovating and converting yet another...I personally love it...I thought I'd naturally have more vacancy than a long term rental but so far in this first year i've been trying this out, no vacancy yet.