Quote from @Marlena Hawkins: Does anyone know what insurance (liability, E&O etc.) is required for Property Management companies in DC and Maryland? 

Here is a list of minimum Requirements: 1.

I lost another $1000 in inspection fees but should get back $2000 earnest money deposit.

Did you collect a pet deposit?

Make sure every dime is deposited into the trust account.Private lending, like syndication investing, doesn’t involve many transactions.

Traditional bank loans can be slow and have strict requirements, while hard money and private lending seem to offer more flexibility.For those who’ve secured funding before, what’s been your experience?

Leverage will be reduced from the max available, reserve requirements increased and, typically, you would be required to use a professional property manager.

If I would require some documentation from the city, would that trigger them to do the property lookup?

2) The minimum hours required are 750 hrs, but if running a short term rental, 100 hrs is supposed to be adequate, is that still true ?

I position my inspections as 'planning for future repairs/improvements' which mitigates that whole 'he's here to get my security deposit' mindset.And, I would rather have the tenant with me than to have him later claim that something was broken during the inspection.