There is an issue for the investor of being unsecured for that time frame or longer.  

Since the properties are in New York you have a few extra steps you need to do to keep all of your funds out of NYs hands at closing.Here's an interesting BP thread on the South Carolina property tax issue you mentioned. https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/725/topics/604427-south.... 

do you have issues with the city if there are cars parked on the street or lawn?

We have about 5 percent of tenants who had valid covid issues.

Or what others are doing to account for the same issues?

The biggest issue was getting it out of there. $250.

If we bite off people’s heads when they admit disaster, it suppresses legitimate issues with these techniques. 

Not sure it will come through but I wanted to check in this forum how others have handled issues with incompetent property management companies.Thanks, What did the property management company do that makes you feel like they should pay you $4,000?

Makes me think they could be too busy taking care of a new baby to attend to guest issues? 

I’ve often seen this happen where initial approval is given, but debt-to-income issues arise once they discover you’re purchasing another property.