If you stay in one market for multiple investments it may take you a bit to find this particular inspector.

I am on fire to get going, and to stay on track with my plan I will have to buy minimum 1 property this year.  

When you learn the business after a year or two you can either go out on your own or stay with them. 

Leewell, do you want to stay in San Diego? 

This way, you stay in control while scaling your deal flow efficiently.

Tenant 2 stays. 5 months goes by to come to find out that now tenant 2 moved out without our knowledge and let squatters move in.. had to file for eviction, got them out finally.

Not at all looking to stay strictly in the NYC area; have been looking around at markets in Long Island, Upstate New York, New Jersey, and the surrounding region.

So I allowed the other two to deal with them and stayed quiet.

Do they intend to stay there or are you going to get hit with remodelling expenses?

Those failures are  more negligent than a PM allowing a guest who paid with expectation to stay at the house to remain there in the middle of winter when they arrived on a Friday evening as you described.For now you will have to rely upon insurance, I don't believe the PM acted unreasonably given the circumstances.