Also, when it comes to negotiating the rent: - Should I ask for a phone call or virtual meeting to discuss the price?

He had performed virtually no underwriting.  

I also use their virtual credit cards which enables me to assign a card to a specific person, like the cleaner for my STR for example, so when she runs a charge, it automatically drops into the right account in terms of categorizing my expenses.

One land speculation I bought 4 acres in sonoma County CA ( wine country) in 96 for 27k it was unbuildable at the time ( could not get a septic system on it) Well city grew to us The Graton Casino comes in right across the street and we sold a few years ago for over 2 mil to a land assemblage investment company.

A small number of minor picture hanging holes or command strip usage on a wall is not unreasonable and would be considered normal wear and tear virtually everywhere. 

This was a poorly timed purchase at full retail so it likely is worse than virtually every other San Diego RE investor’s monthly appreciation. 

And even though virtually every sponsor agreement allows me to share investment information with others who might be advising me on it (especially when club members are bound by an NDA), I still ask the sponsor if I can share it, because it's a test.

Virtually any cap ex expense will wipe out more than a years returns. 

Even if you have a good framework, it's much harder to manage virtually and stay on track.

Saying it wasn't in the lease or @Kevin Sobilo saying it just comes down to one person's word against another would negate virtually every crime.