Not an attorney or CPA so cannot help on those items.

A lot of those items should be within a typical lease agreement.

While they are good communicators, experienced with Section 8, and their software for rent collection is solid, we're increasingly concerned about a few key issues and would appreciate input from anyone with similar experiences:Turnover Fees Transparency:The turnover fees seem high, and despite our requests for itemized breakdowns and man-hours to justify these costs, we feel they may be taking advantage of our out-of-state position.

Aside from the obvious dangers, I’m seeking best practices and how experienced investors  in this area handle hurricane damage?

I believe it’s important to address these two items separately: First, there  are still ways to find out the identify of the member(s) behind the LLC and secondly these anonymity strategies do not actually shield liability because claims are still brought regardless of whether the members of the LLC are identifiable.

Good post with some items, most notably insurance that's generally just glossed over during underwriting.

You might want to visit Detroit if you have not, and drive around the different streets in the city- but I warn you it is very dangerous in many parts.

We know no more about him than you have told us, but just the list of items you mention give me pause - "He's been trying to get into real estate for 6 1/2 years."  

In the US 5 Billion bananas are thrown away each year...that's 13.7 million a day-enough to feed a lot of hungry people and that is just one food item.

Too many new investors blindly copy due diligence checklists from the internet, assign equal importance to each item and blow up deals over nothing.