Document every communication in writing!

Fellow STR owner/manager from TX.I do think there is value in having some pre guest documentation in the event that you have a guest come in and make false claims about cleanliness, etc. 

Instructing or deliberately causing a borrower to sign business-purpose loan documents when you know the money will be used for consumer purposes has always carried civil liabilities.

Document, document that you’ve tried to fix the problem if you can’t get the technician in tomorrow.  

That document they provided, with all the colored font, was a mess to wade through.

This is the renovation criteria I use in order to make sure the place is clean, safe and actually ready to rent. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MreMNvXxPZy7AaqMGMFPVunQ... 

Here are all my notes on investing in properties out-of-state, which is also the same as international to the United States.My notes are from David Greene's book, Long-Distance Real Estate Investing: How to Buy, Rehab, and Manage Out-of-State Rentals. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1blQFIKSls6JDHdl7srVMhXd8...For personal experience on flipping remotely, I wouldn't be the best person to speak on this.

Sometimes you get lucky.You could even bring up the subject of seller financing (search online for ideas of how to structure a seller financed offer), and make sure a competent real estate attorney helps write the offer documents (if it gets that far). 

I don't think anything anyone offers is "evidence" in court because you would be backing up your claims with documentation such as the lease, or quotes for work or material prices.

Or you can sell it, split the equity, and go separate ways.I'm not a fan of borrowing from family/friends unless all parties are honest and everything is documented in a written contract.