At least half of them mentioned David and Susan by name.

She mentioned that she's doing it herself and finding it very profitable.

One thing that has come up, and mentioned by @Tyler M., is that TIC's  appear more attractive than suggested in DST articles.

Appliances has its own head aches ,wear and tear and complaints .Circling back to your case ,your appicants sounds too pushy which is a red flag.They want it for 6 months ,when clearly your ppty is clearly advertised for LTR .They want utilities included and washer and dryer installed.BIG RED FLAG.They are too demanding.You are the Landlord and not them.Donot flex your criteria and property for the applicants.Tomorrow they will come back and say the compressor unit is too loud and must be replaced,cabinets are not shaker style and closes hard while closing and needs to be replaced etc etc.To me this above mentioned applicants are a pass .

I will mention that to my son.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

I get these cancellation notices all the time about something stupid.Sometimes I fix what they mention and they won't renew anyway.I've got to where I just get other quotes and they lose my business.I have a lot of rental insurance policies.

Last week the landlord mentioned he wanted to sell the townhouse but had another home available that my buddy could move into.

The other two that you mentioned seem to go hand in hand.

Never mention Columbus anywhere.