The best defense against rats entering your property is to seal off all entry points (holes, cracks in walls), remove food sources (dirty dishes, food left in trash cans), and water sources (like leaks). 

I've lived and worked in China and at one time had quite a few Chinese nationals as investor clients in my Florida based firm. 

To answer the first big question in your post — single family vs multi-family — I am firmly in the multi-family camp.

We also allow removal of a tenant from a lease as long as the tenant group is in good standing, and the remaining tenants qualify again based on their combined income. 

To thrive in real estate investing, you must maintain a firm grip on your finances.

Anyhow, I removed my info back in February when I left it.

Originally posted by @Kathy Fettke:Account Closed and like I mentioned earlier, we found out about their shenanigans very quickly, so only a handful of people contacted them, and we immediately removed them from our referral list.this has happened to all of us in the industry myself included..

We’re looking to install a property management firm within the organization as a way to generate steady income and keep operations running.

I am a firm believer that most of the reason is between our ears, and the potentially crippling self limiting beliefs are the biggest problem.

If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.