We were both excited at the prospect but my husband thought more about the risk of the new employee at the same time and is concerned this is too much risk.

Thanks Dmitriy I appreciate your insight and will definitely do my due diligence on whether i am dealing with the concern of an "active business" Thanks again 

Please understand too that we have no issue with a service dog or our tenants having one, we were just concerned that they would have every intention of training this dog, but then grow slack on its training and ending up with just a pet, and for free, no less, in our home and causing potential damage. 

I don't know if I'm making sense, but should I be concerned that my realtor is getting sidetracked with outside, sweetheart deals that she's trying to sell to the out of towner...? 

The number 1 thing we should be concerned about is stability.

@Ashley Wolfe in my market I’m not concerned with bookings more than 8 weeks out.

Perhaps if it was called a "move in fee", or something along that line, it would be okay though.My concern would be there would be less motivation for the tenant to keep the place damage-free, or pay the last month's rent, because they'd know they weren't getting any money back anyway. 

I would be concerned if they are legit.

If there's a lot of lawsuits government regulators will be concerned.

Sorry to ask I’m newbie, business owner working long hours and leaning towards turn key too for the first rental but at the same time concern to do business out of state where I can’t check in person the property.