I was more diligent about soft aspects of the interaction when accepting applications.  

They provide excellent, practical advice on every aspect of MTRs including cost metrics, location strategies, market data sources, needed furnishings, and more.

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Like you, I also love the design aspect and wide variety of potential renters this type of strategy works for. 

You may already have though about these aspects, but from personal experiecne, here are my 2 cents..Maximize Tax Benefits: One of the major perks of house hacking is the tax advantages.

I'll look over the contract and what the fine print is here.This entire first journey of looking at real estate has been stressful from afar, and this deal sounds like it has a few of the crazier aspects of real estate (and I'm sure there's even more)Why the listing agent put tenants in, I  have no idea. 

BP staff confirmed it was a heavy swing, not even considering the whole hurricane aspect. 

So, it sounds like there is a lack of clarity about the renewal which may not apply but keep this in mind with all other aspects of leasing and any verbiage you add to a lease. 5.

They work on our accounting/bookkeeping/reporting/administrative aspects of our rental portfolio.

and only after you covered properly the "other" aspects of risk management (insurance, umbrella insurance, proper property management, etc.).Unless you are doing flipping (or AirBnb), in which case I suggest you look into Series-LLC and you operate each flip in its own child-series (if not clear why, ask for more details).Anyway, a lot of this is covered in my notes, and that should save you hours of research and hopefully clear some confusion as to why you want it and when and how.