I work with a property management company in NJ and we see a lot of success with our clients holding long-term rentals. https://www.tvdhousing.com/Welcome to BP! 

I know property managers in every state who use non-refundable application fees and it is the standard for every class of property and applicant.

that we’ve learned in our 24 years, managing almost 700 doors across the Metro Detroit area, including almost 100 S8 leases:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+ (roughly 5% probability of default), zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680 (around 10% probability of default), some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.

James and his people who manage the program are nice and give basic sales and negotiation advice but not much that moves the needle in any situation.

Find a good property manager that you can bend their ear. 

u can see these homes on my website. also if there is any way to manage it.. if you can figure out how to get paid as a WA resident you will enjoy the same no income tax status you enjoy now.. 

Has anyone found a property manager in south Florida (that covers Fort Lauderdale) that they really like? 

Your parents can look to reinvest the remaining proceeds into a DST, tenancy in common investment, NNN, that are passively managed.

I'm tempted to do what many have said which is to just use a debit card, but I get 2% back on a CC, which is not insignificant when managing dozens of vendors, and I really hate to change a process that's working because the software I chose is lacking a basic feature.  

Bossier partner managed property and repairs while we managed business structure and banking account setup.