I am becoming increasingly focused on your providing public information that is inaccurate, misleading, disingenuous and harmful to the industry I represent.  

@Michael MastantuonoYes, but you need to find the right agent.The barrier to entry for RE agents is incredibly low, therefore there are a lot of agents out there that have absolutely no clue what they are doing and will do more harm on this deal than help.You need to find an agent that is experienced and that has done deals themselves. 

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.

If/when they do nothing, have an attorney send a letter to the HOA notifying them that you will be filing suit against the HOA and Board members individually as their willful actions have caused you harm and try to get the HOA to enforce the covenants as your property value has been hurt.

The neighbor "saw no harm" in it.

I wish you no harm in your investments, but I've seen this story play out way too many times ...

Some people will believe that that evil person should have to pay for harming that poor young lamb of a tenant.

I do know that a lot of landlords get away with this and no harm in trying, I guess. 

No harm looking into services you can handle on your own versus things you'd want them to handle for you.

Still, no harm in consulting a lawyer early especially since Annie is a first time landlord.