As long as the Tenant is on a month to month, and proper notice is given, a rental rate increase would be an acceptable ask.Just verify that the appropriate notice period still falls within your escrow. 

@Addison Estes you have a tremendous advantage with your background in construction and specified repair areas, if you apply that properly you should be able to pick up some properties that others wouldn't want to touch.

And until the tenants are obligated to pay rent to someone else and properly notified of it... that's where those payments will be sent.

If she was paying you the rent, than it would qualify as a rental property.Also, make sure when she deeds you the house, the transfer is accounted properly.

Are all of the mechanicals working properly?

For the houses, CBIZ and Proper provide short term rental insurance, everyone is using one of those.

Yep, I'd provide proper notice to terminate for sure.

While I am new and probably not the best person to offer proper real estate investing advice at this point, I can tell you that one of the common themes I hear from talking to many successful investors echoes what @Jay Helms said above.

@Swati V Patel  I've heard if you're on your mobile device the @ doesn't work properly.

What are the things I should focus during the inspection to make sure the inspector/contractor doing their job properly?