I see way too many Israeli, Australian, Chinese, and Cali investors get taken to the cleaners by stuff that looks good on paper. 

There still seems to be some differences between these two however minor.The attorney should be able to help with guiding the legal aspects of doing this.It’s cleaner I suspect if you own the properties out right.I tried to do a land trust and Wells Fargo still gave me grief - luckily that note is paid and I no longer have to deal with WF and hope never to again.

Yes, splitting the property tax accounts would be cleaner, but it is not required for the IRS purposes.

Tenant shall only use a plunger to attempt to fix a slow or stopped drain, and shall not pour chemical or other drain cleaners into any stopped or slow drains.  

Utilities (STR don't pay for those), replacement of basic items such as towels, paying your cleaners, etc.Are you buying here in SoCal?

I wanted to reach out to folks that have rental properties around the Houston area and offer cleaning services for Airbnb/ move in/ move out cleaning. Please let me know if your interested. I hope I'm posting in the r...

Maybe it just needs to be washed with a vinyl rejuvenation cleaner versus painted.I would post a picture here on BP and get some opinions.

CPA says it's a lot cleaner to run the investment this way. 

Or it can only be used for professional cleaners?

I'm a cleaner in a NYC school.