I feel like having some good experts helping me clearly identify best practices and targets for success (instead of guessing) to be extremely helpful. 

- Pet Policies and Agreements: What are the best practices for creating pet policies and agreements to protect my property?

I know, there are plenty of red flags there, but I do believe it is worth the risk when I consider how happy it makes my wife, how life-changing it will be for the family, how minor the financial impact will be on me, and how it gives me the opportunity to practice the steps of real estate investing with forgiving tenants.Finally, I am going to attempt to self manage as nothing comes close to cash-flowing if you include PM costs.

Note I 100% know that CPM is not LTR PM with a few tweaks- I have lived and practiced this for over two decades. 

Now you are both making money and he gets practice managing the work load. another thing to consider- why force the situation?

From our experience best practice has always been to have exterior cameras as well as smart locks.

Also, any best practices for room rentals that you recommend for screening and keeping tenants.

Practically speaking, it’s going to be quite challenging unless you spend significant time.

Since there are often different entities, there are different skills and systems needed.With that said, I can tell you are definitely better at building systems that I am (I have built up some best practices, but they mostly reside in my head).

I need a suggestion here to handle maintenance and cleaningTURNO for automated cleaner payment and scheduling along with inventory trackingQuickbooks / Bookkeeper to keep my PM business in alignmentChase bank & trust accountI'd like a better method for managing linens (bulk order) and distribution.I'd love to compare property management / cohosting agreements with someone to share best practices.