3.Draft a written agreement where the property owner retains full ownership of all guest funds (nightly rates, cleaning fees, and taxes), while the cohost invoices for management fees and reimbursable expenses?

Horrible tenants increase cautiousness and interaction with insurance Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Likely it is just a quit claim deed to your new name, however, also note that some states (ie MI - requires another form to be filled out and it changes our taxes - or can change them....).Get the help you need to make sure it is done right without costing you extra down the road.  

However, due to rising insurance and tax costs, I'm starting to feel the financial pinch as the tenant currently pays rent 60% below the market average.My long-term goal is to acquire more properties, and I've considered doing a cash-out refinance to access equity for reinvestment.

Maybe they are bad communicators.Assuming you still want the place, I would do anything you want to reach out via the renal address or professional websites, but home addresses and personal social media is going too far.

By scrolling down, I can usually find the property taxes for previous years, giving me a rough estimate of those costs.

Multifamily offers steady income, scalability, and tax advantages, though it requires more upfront capital and management skills.

My friend once found an old zoning map from his city archives that helped prove his property was being taxed incorrectly.

The low income versus high cost of living is referred to locally as the sunshine tax. https://www.businessinsider.com/most-expensive-places-to-liv...https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sandiegocitycal...It is my view that the incomes cannot sustain the high cost of housing in San Diego but it has seemed this way to me for four decades and yet the RE prices keep increasing.  

I purchased the property at a tax auction.