I call that the "Buy and Hope" strategy...doesn't work so wellEven here in Australia where the market is booming on the east coast, we still do not purchase properties unless we are able to manufacture our own growth through rehab, subdivision, strata titling, significant property discount etc. 

If she's working for you as a general bookkeeper you can charge a portion against the rental property for administration costs.. she gets a 1099You can gift money to her, so she wouldn't owe income tax on that up to the yearly amount permitted and she can then pay you rent.. but then your claiming income right back and paying taxes on that earned rental income..which is like a round robin shooting yourself in the backEX: Family....rental situation that was tax advantage for us for awhile,, we purchased a rental (manufactured home) family member moved in,, we covered cost of everything had a rental agreement for XXX per month,, but they never paid a dime,, we covered everything except utilities, we took no reported rental income, we ran it at a loss for 6 years and was a tax advantage to us in the end. 

were the instructions of what to mow clearly spelled out?

@Art Maydan  A/C paperwork,, you can usually always download all install and instructions if you have model number serial number.. so try that,, they might have a call center for tech questions.. good luck.

He said he was given templates, forms and instructed to create a google account along w/ the google voice phone # (for a business account).

I have a piece of land under contract in a manufactured home development.

Ours was pieced together over time so we have different manufacturers, systems, etc. 

What are expected returns, not specific numbers but just in general, on 55+ homes (not manufactured) in terms of both appreciation and/or rental income?

I am looking at applying BRRR strategy to a manufactured home.

If this is your only tenant requesting ACH deposits, then I agree with the post above instructing her to use bill pay at her bank.