Now, here's the hair on the deal:They quitclaimed the property to another party in 2011 and they stopped paying the loan around the same time.

I just don't want to make this kind of mistake again (yes, that is what I tell myself so I can sleep at night w/o waking up w/ no hair). 

They didn't violate the non smoking clause, but the stuff clings to their clothing and hair. 

I'm sure this isn't the main issue but something to note and that I notice immediately as someone with a lot of hair/body products in the shower2 subway tiles high of a cubby in the showers is not big enough to fit many/most products.  

laundry, stains in linens, scratches and gouges, improvements, rearranging what they get their hands in, running air conditioners in and out to storage, mowing, dirty windows, missing screens, hair their sneaked in pets get in awful places, coffee setups, orienting them with questions i never considered, and a lot of other stuff, breakage, restocking things they replace or lose, checking unit to ensure in order, etc.This is far worse than ltrOriginally posted by @Bradley Chapman:I'm not sure what one considers hard work, but I maybe spend at most 5hrs a week combined running two Airbnb's.

I know it sounds like I'm splitting hairs but some banks write HELOCs in their residential department....which won't write Investment Properties.

I met with them 5 years ago and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. 

The majority of sellers would rather wait for thier house to sell and get market value, than take a 15% hair cut.  

You can rarely just clean away animal urine, feces, body oils, hair and dander.

The hair went up on the back of my neck when I read your description of the area.