The painter does exceptional work, but the price is a little higher than I expected.My appraisal was only for the interior, but the painter said that we could discuss painting the exterior based on my budget.

There was some minor root intrusion at the very front of the property and this tracks with my service plumber who last came out ~2 years ago and cleared some roots when the back house was experiencing back ups. 

He also believes himself to be the expert since he was an engineer in the service.

Doing it the other way feels like a bad idea…https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/r...

What are the pros and cons of being in a smaller group vs bigger group, based on your experience?

Tenants can't just move in service dogs. 

Which means I may well have been the only person foolish enough to bid on it, among the billions of people with internet access.On the other hand, the fact that the owner didn't pay taxes since 2018 is not a big red flag.

Welcome to BP and thank you for your service.

Therefore you won't need to qualify for REPS status. https://www.therealestatecpa.c...Here's the section which is most relevant to STRs of 7days or less (or 30 days or less with substantial services):"If you rent a property to customers with an average stay of 7 days or less, on average, this is a short-term rental.

There needs to be something like a tenant dating service.