Thank you @Julie Gates for your detailed response and transparency, super grateful 🙏 Wishing you continued success! 

Thought I'd give an update.I was second-guessing myself so I continued to visit additional projects/referrals and uncovered some dirt on the negative reviewer -- an investor who had since partnered with the sub and stood to gain!

But as I continue to grow my portfolio, I do intend to bring in a PM at some point.

Quote from @Wade Penner: Your lease specifically states they must give 30 days notice to end a fixed-term lease.You generously offered to let them continue on a month-to-month.

"Going to a classroom won't change anything unless the student takes ownership of their learning experience" would be something one of my professors would say and he encouraged us to be lifelong learners emphasizing the idea to continue reading books after college was over for us.

Although profession is not a protected class, Fair Housing continually reaches further into these types of things. 

Code enforcement never once informed me that i couldn't be here so ofcourse I continued to be in my house with my dogs like I always had before.

As a side note if you were to ever let the permit lapse, expire, etc. you will then be required to bring it up to current building codes, in order to continue use as a Short Term Rental.

If they are on a MTM lease, you can terminate now with proper notice, as that contract renews monthly.The RIGHT way to handle this is to issue a legal notice to terminate as soon as you are able, and continue to conduct yourself in a professional manner with this tenant.

We've been able to save a decent reserve for that property because (luckily) in the 8 years we have rented it out we haven't had a single gap in vacancy (knock on wood that continues).