HOAs aren't the best investments because fees can get very expensive, the quality of the HOA can change on a dime depending who sits on the Board, and rentals tend to have more HOA rule violations which can be a real headache if you have a couple busy bodies in the community. 

Since im OOS i think it could be helpfulLease agreements allow inspections with notice, or access to the unit in an emergency, like a neighbor reporting a water leak, or a gas smell.

Inasmuch as there is no bodily injury nor injury to outrage-protected interests in Alabama (dead bodies, the homeplace, etc.) when there is a denial of coverage, then if I had a title company and had such concerns, I'd probably come down on the side of turning down the applicant. 

It's then the landlord's responsibility to provide a crew of able-bodied folks to remove all the tenant possessions inside the house and carry them to the curb.Once the move-out is complete (and presumably the locks have been changed), the deputy may remind the former resident that they may not re-enter the house. 

Is this something any body has tackled?

The problem with zestimates and trying to comp anything virtually is that there will be major differences with properties that you can only determine by seeing, smelling, experiencing in real life.

I have not been in that next door unit but I know what it looks like and smells like, and I know that tenant.

All you need is a few busy bodies who want to make trouble and you are effectively banned.In the Florida Keys, all but 2 of the islands allow STR for 28 days or more - how many folks can actually rent for a full month?

It will be nasty and it will be brutish and you will go home at the end of your very long days with your whole body aching and all kinds of stink up your nose.Having others do for you is not a feasible business strategy in the hood.

Your landing page shouldn't be some 1-pager saying "Hey if your tenants smell like donkey farts, fill in the form".You need to drive your traffic to a page where you elaborately describe the how, why, consequences of smelling like donkey breath has on their lives and the lives of the people.