You don't want to put them in a situation where they or their kids could be harmed.

No one gets harmed.

The problem with the gurus is they teach this garbage with no care as to how a seller may be harmed. 

I’m an HR professional by day and you should consider if there are any conflict of interests policies in the workplace.

If there are conflicting reports, get a 3rd, no harm in it. 

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

Based on a recent experience, I would reach out to your insurance company and find out if, worse case, the dog bites or causes harm to someone on the property, if it would be covered. 

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesEven if someone give you a referral, don’t make the mistake of assuming the PMC will meet your expectations, just because they met the expectations of the referral source.We recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

But, no harm in viewing it too, right?...

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