Who was I to stand in their way and try to prevent them leaving or enforce the terms of the lease?

Are you looking for long-term tenants to occupy the entire home?

I have been renting rooms in my home as mid-term rentals and have experience in that area. 

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I personally love Columbus in terms of doing value add.

Looking to start in Memphis buying long-term rentals or flipping.

I used to live in the property and are in very good terms with the previous neighbors, and don't want to risk anything given the shady past/current behavior from the tenants. 

Keep in mind there are brokers/placement firms  out there who can serve as a conduit to the family offices, pension funds and insurance companies and the cost of those placement services are going to be significantly less than the amount of effort and expense that goes into the this new breed of syndicator.

Are you kidding me, your entire investment is based on using the property for short-term rental - any complaints by neighbors and you have to cease.

It would be a long term rental.