Part of the facsade of the house was stone, we were able to salvage some stone off the house but ended up getting "NEW"stone from the same quarry as the original to blend in.4. 

@James Green you an ask why she needs a service animal but you can require documentation proving that she needs one.I would also question your PM about why this was not uncovered with a landlord check?

First, review the financials to determine how the park is currently running and to uncover the potential inefficiencies. 

Even in a tough market, there are deals to be had if you are consistent, and work hard to uncover them!

My area has seen two major pullbacks in real estate prices - the late 80s and 2008-2011, that were 13% and 22% (blended across the region), respectively.

@Robert Davis IIIOut of state is a great thing, if you live in California :-)It is defiantly doable, I know many people who have their entire RE portfolio out of state or out of country...Now , with all that said , if this is your first RE investment then for sure you have to visit the area, and get the local insight, plan your trip ahead and have everything lined up:Several "potential" properties that you would consider investing in, tour them real good and grade them for yourself ..When you visit these subject properties make sure to blend in as much as possible with locals , neighbors, mail man and everyone in town that will be happy to discuss and contribute REAL local insight ... at this point I would not take advice from anyone that is talking from position...

The way I see it, unless they start tracing your IP address to your computer's location and triangulating that way, OR AirBNB starts forcing you to provide a unique identifier like a SS# to open a new account and then somehow verifying it (You can still have friends and family have accounts this way) and using a blend of strategies to make sure you aren't gaming the system, it will be very hard for them to enforce this for those who are motivated to get around it...

Is "standing out" or "blending in" better? 

If nothing else, it would show the tenant you are taking their concerns seriously.I would also do a search on the property history;   it's very possible the tenants did this as well, and uncovered something disturbing about the house that is the root of this.  

Should I leave the pitched ceiling uncovered?