The exterior of the duplex needs repainting and both the A/C condensers are completely unleveled on their soft pads from a rising root system from the tree in the backyard. 

@John Thedford hatred and fear are usually rooted in ignorance :). 

Sounds like you have a nice house in a nice neighborhood that will rent well.And to your last point...even the most thorough screening will not root out 100% of problem people but it sure helps.

We had to switch from Buildium because they had a deeply rooted accounting issue in their code.

Brown's assumption of this role is one of the root causes of her statement that it "could not be done in a few hours per week".

Remember with STRs, you’re paying all utilities including internet, plus providing paper goods, soap, laundry detergent, etc.

I will live about 5 hours away and I’ve been debating a property management company vs Airbnb with a trusted maid service. 2: what is the best way to guesstimate expenses like electric, Internet and things that will need to be renewed like TP and soap…..3: I was thinking about taking a second home loan in my personal name and after a few months quitclaiming it over to my LLC.

Put a 5 gallon bucket with a tiny drilled hole at the bottom edge at each tree and fill the bucket with water twice a week to encourage deep roots.  

We inherited these gems & the young woman was HOME ALL DAY watching soaps with 2 babies.

Well I finally got someone to give me a quote, they quoted me $850 for the two city sidewalks, the permit, and taking care of the roots.