A lot comes down to company culture: most staff at a PM are low paid 9-5 W2's - they do as they are told and care more or less, but have no skin in the game.

Im in pinellas county Florida and I bought this house by the skin of my teeth a year before the pandemic.

That type of deal is not hard to find but you have to put some skin in the game.

She's got some skin in the game and will probably take decent care of it. 

They have more skin in the game then you do.Make sure you get clear title.

If you sound an amazing deal and all in you were at like 50% LTV, then maybe, but otherwise lenders are going to want you to have some skin in the game.

That way you could acquire with hard money, put your own skin in the game via the repair costs utilizing your HELOC, and then refi out and get cash to pay off your HELOC and the hard money lender and keep the property as a rental.  

I can't wait until my opportunities inevitably grow once I get some skin in the game.

Likewise, if / when 'tenant C' had moved in, they should have paid the tenant that stayed for 1/2 of the security deposit to where they both have some 'skin in the game' to maintain the unit, reimbursing her those funds.  

I have also been looking for investment property in Amherst and was just advised to stay away since I was reminded that many of the properties there are in jeopardy of having major foundation issues due to the "peanut butter" texture of the clay soil of Lake Tonawanda that the houses were built on....I've done a bit of research on the issue as I'm looking for my first and not wanting to get in too deep.