Here are additional comments:1) Buying out of state removes any local knowledge you have from assisting in your success, including knowing areas, people and costs. - We always recommend buying your first rental locally if possible and DIY managing to learn as much as possible before investing OOS.2) Lots of crooks and incompetents in the PMC world:( They both cost you money.- As already stated, you'll have a small portfolio.

I guarantee your life would be so much better if you removed her and replaced her with a good renter.Do yourself a favor: buy "Every Landlord's Legal Guide" by NOLO.

They make a trim removal tool that is a like saverDoors can be weird and no house is square and plumb 

I have seen several posts removed just because it was a problem post, but it was censorship.

If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.

But ABNB felt so 'authoritarian' (once again for lack of a better word)....including stuff like removing my SuperHost status for a mistake of their own and not reinstating it once I proved them wrong. 

In areas like Dallas or Fort Worth, I’ve seen professional cleaning range from $300–$600, especially when dealing with pet-related cleaning like removing cat hair from carpets.

I don’t have a problem paying a couple grand to remove some of the just figure it out stage of learning and utilizing expertise of people that already do it. 

Can the new HB 182 law be used to eject the prior owners of a property that the bank foreclosed on and did not remove from the house after the foreclose?

If you had no knowledge and they broke the lease I'd issue a notice of non renewal, but give them the option to remove the cats.