I would notify her in person and in writing (big note on her door) including quoting the clause in the lease where she is responsible, and tell her you will be inspecting to insure the heat remains on, high enough to protect your unit, or she will be breaking the terms of her lease and also liable for any damage done in the downstairs unit as well.

DOM can be minimized by a number of different factors including the quality of marketing, rent price, availability to show. 

There are plenty of older homes on the market that do not have closets.You need 2 egresses (including 1 that goes outside) such as a door or window, size about 70sqft (local codes may differ), ceilings at least 7ft high, and it cannot be a walk-through passage.As always, your local codes may be different.

Most won't insure pools with diving boards or ones without a VGBA drain.2) Include the cost of a pool company to manage the pool in the rent. 

We have a single flat fee of $1,500 for all of our fees, including the appraisal/valuation.

It would/could be only 15% capital gains tax and yes you could/would deduct all selling costs including commissions and transfer taxes.

I know a few people including co-workers who moved out to Manteca and Stockton and do the horrendous commuteInterestingly there's been a bit of a comeback with San Francisco after people wanting to move out to the suburbs during COVID.

Secondly, the homeowner would need to cooperate as she would need to submit a bunch of paperwork including income statements, tax returns, etc. for the Short Sale application to show that she is insolvent.  

@Marc Robinson some may be more adventurous than me but with septic and well I would walk awayI prefer TOH of course but with $300 lot rent and 19 occupied, utilities included in rent I would pay $400-450k for this

If your property management company is good and has built an internal maintenance team which has set rates and had strong relationship relationships with licensed contractor which should keep costs in control, you should never need to shop contractors on your own I wouldn't think.So in short, our policy is give us your preferred contractors upfront if you have them, but then we work all tickets to resolution including dispatch, and payment of invoices.This is of course for operational expenses.