Our first year is almost complete and beating projections on rental income (+50% by booked nights alone) and property appreciation (+10%) which implies we'll be well above my projections in the end, even with some bad years in there.

I have a friend who separated who did and still does the same thing; she works as a dog trainer supporting general obedience training and agency/police/security canine detection work. 

Physically located next to kitchen does not imply that the entrance is via a kitchen.  

Just to be clear I am not implying you do not already have a good management system in place, but I would hate to see anyone pass up a good buy/return over naysayers.

"Agreement for Deed" would loosely imply that the Deed has not been transferred to the lady you are talking to.  

Traditionally, this implies purchasing a small multi-family property and renting out part of it.

It does not imply a tenant can bring in the animal prior to asking.

Because the quota is below the current STR percentage in most desirable STR locations this implies you are unlikely to be able to have an STR in San Diego city.Here are some STR management firms in the Mission Beach area here: Vacasa (Highly recommend against using them, you can PM me if you want to know why), Cal Prop, Shoreline Properties, 710 Vacation Rentals, San Diego Sunset, Surf Style Vacation Homes, Mission Vacation, Nancy Vacation Rentals, Bluewater Vacation Homes, Cozy Mission Beach Rentals, Mission Bay Vacation Rentals. 

Its not a legal entity, nor in it of itself does it imply any sort of legal or partnership arrangements. 

However, I think a comparative examination against the other platforms is something you owe your prospective clients if you are going to imply they should dismiss Yelp reviews but not the others.