We immediately started the rehab of this unit only to have the city inspector say that the bedrooms were too small and the bathroom celling was not to code.

Most leases need to be local to the state you're operating in, so double check the lease you have works in your state. 5) Set up a google voice account (vanity phone number) and email account so that tenants can call/text you not using your own cell phone number and email.

My cell is in the signature of this post! 

Usually, "family" is considered the first tier, mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, son, your spouse, grandparents, all being in a direct linage, blood or marriage, your great uncle by marriage isn't in this group. 

I think what's missed so often about how most start in REI and build, is there most often a LOT of blood sweat and tears.

As an aside, the old management company (that I terminated a couple weeks ago) gave the tenant my personal cell phone number so I got a call from her yesterday which was awkward and highly unprofessional. 

It automatically uses the last 4 digits of the guest cell number and doesn’t matter which booking platform, e.g.

I predict this will end in a financial blood bath. 

The insurance company was pretty reasonable to work things out with even though it did not start out that way, and they did have my blood pressure up considerably!

That is not constructive, makes for bad blood and the last thing you need is a $5,000 eviction.Your tenants have not responded, because they don't know how.