If you are talking many years, then that's easy - take your personal items and put them in storage (or bring them with you), and accept that the rest of the house is just walls and floors and as long as the tenant doesn't burn the house down or cut down all your landscaping, everything else was going to wear out anyway whether you or a tenant was there, and when you put your personal effects back in and repaint, it's just like home again.

Sometimes you get burned, sometimes you make a killing. 

Don't move away from the grill and flip the patty every 90 seconds"lolMy fire in the belly is always burning mate.I can take the hit's and happily turn the other cheek and say "Do this side now".As biz owners we get paid the big $$$ to take the hits, so it comes with the job.Just happy to share some behind the scenes mumbo jumbo that we put up with.I got Dingo Deals falling out of gum trees hahaHappy Saturday Margarita Day (Was 2 days ago but who's counting hehe)

But I was burning out and wanted to engage a property manager.

You can burn a lot of $$ here and close ZERO deals. 

Its covered now if they burn down the house.

This is why so many are poor services, there trying to be max profitable and trying to do as little as possible for as much as possible, and that is not sustainable as you will burn through clients as building poor rep from a string of dropped balls. 

I've seen quite a few investors get burned over the past year not understanding the zoning obstacles now in place in Philadelphia and other municipalities across the country. 

I had initial trust then it was just burned away.

I'm seeking advice from seasoned short-term rental pros, especially those familiar with Locust Lake Village.Here are my burning questions:Property Management: I'm considering Evolve (10% fee) to help me out as a newbie.