The people who do that could be landlords, they choose not to, for various reasons but often the exact ones your detailing. 

You typically have 30 days to send the tenant a letter detailing the cost of any damages against their security deposit.

@Samuel Eddinger thanks so much for the offer for a chat and the detail above.

I really appreciate the quick, detailed response!

Connect with a lender familiar with your investment strategy to set yourself up for success and continue building your house hack stack.I recently interviewed a local lender to dive deep into these details and talk about all the nuances.

Wow, that's an incredibly detailed response!

I would recommend finding a Qualified Intermediary here on BP to ask about these detailed questions.

Will need more details to be sure, but we should be able to get around it.We can also work with the rural piece :-)Cheers!

He has a great investing strategy and he shares it in a very detailed way.

It sounds like they are telling you to trust them, but not willing to show you the details on why you should trust them but that it is their 'magical sauce' that makes things work.