Anyway, what I'm hearing is you are foregoing the former fees and sticking with the latter on a 50/50 waterfall - what if you underperform?

If you learn to drive a stick, driving an automatic is no big deal.

Normally they leave slightly roughened for tile to stick to. 

The rent is on the 12th and as per NC, the rent is late after the due date passes.I think she intends to stick it out and not move.

Stick with this and keep your goal of becoming an investor.  

Move into the house for a while (there are spare rooms) and get a better idea of what is going on.I figured I would just stick with airbnb for now.

Way simpler and more protective for everyone for about $30/month.Out of curiosity, will you be at red stick REI in January?

I think it sticks to things that have a commercial related valuation like STRs, vacation properties, etc., and less on very good properties in very good neighborhoods. 

A client of mine recently invested there and raves aboutt the ease of finding solid contractors who stick to the budget.One piece of advice: before jumping into any market, spend time understanding the local economy, demand drivers (like job growth and population trends), and the landloard laws.

By the time they research and go down all the rabbit holes of different strategies, never sticking to one in order to gain traction, they get exhausted, throw their hands up and never take any real substantive action.Pick something and go with it, all the way to its conclusion.