To be honest, I think we may just need to bear the costs and learn from this and do regular unit checks going forward (which was not done by the previous property management company). 

In all honesty I am hoping tenant gets accepted before trial date.

I find that you can get private lenders or Joint Ventures easily and scale using those connections  To be honest, I have not.

If tenant is typical without a lot of money, and being honest, I would reach a reasonable settlement and not add misery to their life. 

And my mission is to uplift first time homebuyers into their dream of homeownership while educating them and doing so with integrity and honesty.

Speaking of transparency, transparency, honesty and integrity are business tools, they give you a competitive leverage/advantage and also protect your bottom line. 

If I'm being completely honest I think this might actually be the most important post anyone looking to do STRs should read.

And, to be honest, I am not even in the process of looking for a 4+ unit property (yet), which is what this section is referring to, but it drives me nuts when I read something I cannot understand.

To be honest, I think that the mulit family space will only continue to grow in price in bucks.

Their honesty and integrity are refreshing.