Hopefully, you won't encounter a medical professional who felt the same way, or a trades person, legal professional, financial professional, etc.You have to learn how first.

We rent to many students, the majority of whom do not have the income required to qualify, and frequently encounter them applying with a parent.    

You should weigh the safety of your family by using such a person, most handymen I have encountered know how to get things working, not necessarily how to do them correctly.  

Also understand, just about every fee you encounter can be negotiated.

The KISS Guide gives you "templates" for entering almost any transaction you may encounter in the course of real estate investing.

Despite the issues you have encountered this far, are you still considering purchasing more units from the turnkey provider?

It is good practice to establish a pet policy and procedure and a service animal policy and procedure prior to encountering the need.See: http://www.mvfairhousing.com/ServiceAnimalPolicy.P...An example from our rental agreement of a clause that has proven useful:"PETS AND ANIMALS.This agreement specifically prohibits keeping pets/animals, or allowing the pets/animals of others on the premises, even temporarily, without the prior written consent of Landlord.

They read a book or attended a guru's class, then fancy themselves a real estate investor. 99% of the wholesalers I've encountered have been less than helpful, however, I'm currently working a deal with someone who knows what they are doing and its great. 

Special note, if there are chairs left behind with a sticker on the bottom that says "XYZ Chair company," you're obligated to contact the chair company to investigate if it's their property.

The two worst things about it are 1) you get lazy tenants, since they don't pay for their rent they treat your place like crap 2) Some county Section 8 offices  or inspectors are stickers for getting things perfect AND they are overstretched and take a long time between inspections and re-inspections.There are two good strategies against these 1) SCREEN your tenants.