This kind of legislation discourages good investors and people who enjoy coming in and helping to stabilize communities.

She is in a good position with the contractor who appears to be in direct contact with the tenants in terms of minor fixes as they arise. 

PM's will have plenty of contractors to help streamline the process for you and limit your liability when dealing with contractors. 

If you know any out-of-country investors let me know :)Enjoy your holidays

By a professional estimate I mean having a contractor bid the work, not just me estimating the jobs. 

After years and years of being frustrated by how tough it is to find honest, communicative contractors, I decided to start a Handyman/contracting business.This is NOT a solicitation.My question is – What are Property Managers / STR Owners / Investors looking for when they need a handyman and how are they finding them?

Also, the ability to find good deals with an accurate budget to complete the project up front from some good project managers/general contractors.

Horror story #2: while selling off one of the Class C Indianapolis properties, buyer asked me to pay replace the sewer line before closing... absolutely not...here's a partial credit (check to written out to contractor from closing proceeds so buyers don't pocket the money) 

You need better contractors, because "not* putting in clean outs on a full repipe is just dumb, lazy and cheap.

Unless you negotiate a new contract or addendum with your PMC, they do NOT have to abide by any requests/demands you make that contradict what's written in the management contract.If they have in fact NOT followed the terms of their contract, then you'll want to send them something in writing pointing out the specific language in their contract that they violated and ask what they plan to do about it.If they fail to correct or address the issues, then you'll want to start looking for a new PMC.