Tenants are often lat and new owner tend to get very nervous.

Often, owners beat up PMCs for a low price, but fail to understand the PMC will often cut corners to make sure they are still profitable. 

A simple explanation might be that rents have increased to offset higher mortgage costs, but what about property owners who locked in rates below 4%—or even 3%?

However, when contacting the principal’s home, his wife confirmed the passport photo was not his, and the birthdate was incorrect—despite the signature on state documents being authentic.Unauthorized Use of LLC: The actual owner, a 78-year-old retiree, was unaware that the LLC was still active and had never conducted any business under its name.

Just an idea that I'm a little surprised more out of town owners haven't done..

Maybe call those owners and see if they've had any issues?   

But I do have some family in Canada that have told me there has been some tax increases to the STR owners to try combat housing issues.

How does that work when you are not yet the legal owner of the property?

It is my understanding that the new owner will have the house at the cost basis of my purchase price, for calculating capital gains taxes or depreciation.For gift tax purposes for you - FMV.For capital gain tax purposes for the recipient - your original basis/purchase price 

On a daily basis I get questions from investors/property owners about the rental rate for their rental property.