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.

As long as housing inventory remains tight and competition stays high, Gen Z buyers will need to navigate a market that favors speed, decisiveness, and financial preparedness.

All a mid-term rental is someone staying not permanently but longer than on vacation.

But anyone who books that is either going to pay next to nothing to be 25 minutes from all the stuff to do, OR, they will book it for the amenities and probably plan to stay in.Probably 90% of my guests in nashville have booked for location.

My easiest, no hassle, lowest expense rentals are the ones where the tenants stay 5 + years, do minor maintenance themselves, call me immediately with any issues so I can fix them before they become much more costly, and agree to annual market adjusted rent rate increases.  

Stay and let the property continue to appreciate or sell and purchase a better producing asset.

The numbers definitely work if the rehab stays within $100K–$115K and the timeline is 6 months, but with a full gut reno, I want to be realistic about potential delays.

However, if you choose to stay there for a bit and sell you'll get the first $500K of profit tax-free if you've lived in it for at least 2 out of the 5 years prior to sale.

I wouldn't take that money to buy him out I'd liquidate and move into better asset class like extended stay development or 3 story walk up apartments 

On a side note, oddly, the tenant before her was also a single woman, around the same age, stayed in the apartment for 10 months, no communication or heads up, left around the same time of the year.