Did you ask a question just to hear other people say "you are doing fine, skip tracing is the way to go". 

Tenant took photos and videos but nothing detailed - a single shot or two of a room from the entrance, so is saying fridge was fine, normal wear etc Next - If we are being nice and deducting ‘portions’ of the charges and tenant continues to grind away, or this goes to court, do the compromise and smaller amounts offered negate the full amounts that could have been charged

Several factors indicate the company is not that concerned about efficiency or ease of customer process: the website, a process that seemed to focus on one issue at a time instead of all issues at once, and consistently poor communications and lack of common sense from the loan analyst we were assigned.It started off very well with the initial point of contact, Austin Lornson, who did a fine job of explaining the general refinancing process, responding quickly and thoroughly to our questions.

I concur with @John Underwood the right property with right management (right self-management) will do fine. 

So seems to me pretty cheap way to get to meet people that are doing the deals and learn at the same time.Bp is nice and fine.. but its just the internet.. you can only learn so much here. at the end of the day real estate is belly to belly you got to go work and meet with who your going to entrust your investment funds with.. or if your going to try a new line of work..

If your tenant is violating the noise ordinance, they will be fined.

Legal violations and penalities(fines) even if you have accounting software to track the difference. 

So it is fine for us to just list the property under my husbands name on the Schedule E even though we both own it, and I manage it?

Also depends on if you have strata/condo fees or HOA.The cash flow on my places are all over the place and yet I'm fine with all of the rentals for different reasons. 

Ok, fine.