I spent a decade in advertising, before founding and running a custom wood shop for another decade, so 'm pretty good at the self-promotion.I agree with you that the more gorilla approach would be most effective and that's actually what i've been doing – calling RE agents in my service area with active listings, introducing myself to property managers and leasing agents...To answer your question, I will have to handle the work myself for 6-12 months to build out the SOPs and field service management systems, but I have a lot of relationships for those looking to "do the work".I'll check out the meet up and would love to grab a cup of coffee, I'll shoot you an email.

Some people benefit from paying a lot of money for basic advice (that's otherwise free on the web) but remember that a stopped clock will tell you the correct time twice a day.

All your properties may be perfect but if you are transparent about why something is not in service, it makes sense, and they agree it works just fine for long-term rentals.

• Should utilities, internet, or services like snow removal/lawn care be included, or not?

Always. interesting plot twist as more carriers cancel and people need to get new policies and see the original borrower is not on the policy etc will the servicers be telling the lenders to call the loan.

Our cleaning fee covers professional clean, laundry service, and consumables. 

This area definitely gives you good weather year round, summertime gets hot so as long as you're getting systems serviced before then and then in the fall you're usually ok. 

For rentals in an LLC, most lenders look at the cash flow of the property (aka DSC Ratio: Debt Service  Coverage) and your credit score rather than your personal income.

Any business could do this with their services and the savings would certainly justify the additional effort.But if you take advantage of the new law, wouldn't the renter do the same?

If you are trying to come up with a way to finagle the occupancy requirements while using an amazing loan (that you earned based on your service) like a VA, I would say you are starting off on the wrong foot.