Landlords can enter a tenant's property for a variety of reasons, including: Making repairs or replacements Responding to a tenant's request Removing unauthorized window coverings Preventing waste of utilities Changing filters, testing, or replacing smoke detector batteries Inspections Helping with an emergency inside the unit Posting a notice of eviction"Research your state laws because some of your comments indicate a lack of understanding of the landlord/tenant laws where you are operating (like threatening the tenants to keep the security deposit if they don't respond to you, I doubt that is actually a valid reason to keep their deposit, or evicting for late payments, or charging the tenants for your warranty repairs because you missed your 11 month inspection window which was your responsibility, and it looks like your lease says you can charge up to 18% interest for unpaid fees, is that actually legal?).

The ones I manage total to 20 bedrooms.These rooms rent for between $125 to $225 per week depending on room size and amenities in the room (beyond basic amenities may include: Desk, Tv, private entry, tenant controlled AC, additional storage).This month after padsplit takes their 14.25% cut of the revenue I am recieving, from the units I own, $15,230 from 3 homes.

How do they know their investment will not be wasted?

Lots of fakes out there so be careful.And its not so  much they will steal up front money from you.. but you waste time and money finding a place thinking they are going to fund you put up non refundable EM spend money on inspections only to have your deal die because you got with someone who cant fund or never could fund. 

Depends on your scenario exactly though, never one cut and dry answer to which is better.

STRs specifically have supercharged our passive income goals and cut down our initial goal of a 10 yr run to get where we want to be in half. 

.- Focus on Motivated SellersDon’t waste time chasing deals that don’t fit.

And I've been warned from other realtors that if I have a buyer rep agreement, I'll get cut out.

Inevitably, there are some that are not cut out for the turbulence and want to sell after less than a year of ownership.

They excavate the sewer main for their tie in, while exposed they cut my active line and capped it.