If your intentions are to do things proper and legal then you get your license and run things through your broker. 

(Stats are for Washington DC proper)

He did give proper notice according to the timeline and rent was paid that month and the following month according to our lease.

But whether you buy from a "turnkey" company or off of the MLS with a property manager in line to handle things post close you need to make sure you do the proper due diligence on the property and the area you are buying in.

I am a newbie to Short Term Rental Investing and I had a typical newbie question because I have recently moved to Phoenix AZ within the last 12 months and am in the process of acquiring multiple short term rentals in ...

However, I'd exhaust all financing options before you're left putting buckets in the top floor of the property to catch the rain water coming in :) I get it but one must deal with reality and NO HML makes a loan on a owner occ its against the law for them since most are not licensed for owner occ loans.. there are the rare exceptions there are lenders in SOCAL> that are HML that have the proper license and underwriting. 

Given you are trying to add insulation after the roof has been redone adds a level of difficulty and if not installed properly can actually lead to other issues. 

You would likely be in breach of contract with the owner if you tried to pull a fast one without proper permission.Then there is the whole issue of if this is permitted with the city, county and HOA.

But I live in an area where really the only viable markets are new construction, inherited land, house hacking, Section 8 (especially in Baltimore proper), and getting in in a gentrifying area at exactly the right time, which I'm not so sure I'm good at (see above about the house flip started in 2007 looooool).

No sub-leasing and no pets are pretty standard but the rule of “Guests of tenants are not permitted to sleep or reside in common areas.” becomes much more specific but also necessary for the proper order of the home.