What course of action would cause them the least amount of harm in the short/long term?

Unless the $50. is make-or-break then what's the harm?

You are liable for damages if that pet bites or harms someone on your property.

You have an obligation to prevent any further harm to your tenant, which might mean temporary housing, a complete lead test and depending on the results, professional remediation.Hopefully, your insurance will cover some of the costs, but even if it doesn't, you need to take this very seriously and act as quickly as possible.This link may help: https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/lead-discl...

Lead safe implies there could still be lead paint, but it is encapsulated so the outer surface is not as harmful.

From the sound of it, title companies seem harmless and that they could not harm me but I still want to make sure I do the due diligence necessary.

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.

@Biju Mathew Putting something over hardwoods could potentially do as much harm as good, not to mention it would be an added expense. 

there is NO money for buy and holds.. from private investors  97% of the time.. private investors rarely want their money out for more than 12 to 24 months.. so your barking up the wrong tree there.also keep shopping... being new is harming you.. for sure there are many lenders HML who wont fund a first timer.. you need friends and family.. but there are those that will.here are some to check intoLendinghomepatch of landLima oneLendingone..all of those are quite competitive but again they also base their rates heavily on experience which you have none.. your going to have to pay to play.. gain experience for your experience bucket  then your rates will start to lower.. by the time you find this unicorn private lender you will be posting the same thing a year from now.

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.