I emailed him once more demanding an update and received no response.On 6/4 Jeff Swiecicki sent out an email to all of his clients stating he was shutting down PM services effective immediately and to give him 90 days for final accounting.On 6/7 a private discord group called “JBS-BS” was opened for anyone who was affected and owed money from Jeff Swiecicki.

As long as you are screening the tenants/animals well and conducting inspections, I think you'll be fine.

Let them do something about it as the ESA rules are not intended to accommodate misbehaved or vicious animals. 

Just make sure to do thorough research and fully update yourself on the changes in the local market to ensure strong rental demand and solid market data.Diversifying your investments by owning multiple properties spreads the risk and helps maintain cash flow.

Will you need to upgrade the units to keep up with market demand and market rent? 

But one thing you can do so they dont high jack your EM  remember both buyer and seller have to sign to release it if does not close.Is see if you can put up NO EM but put 50k as downpaymnet for the property show it as part of the purchase price then you can demand it back on just your sig

STR offers higher income potential, flexibility, and tax deductions but is subject to seasonal demand.

Depending on demand in your area that should be feasible.

On the other hand, it could also mean there are lots of other desirable houses hitting the market, making older properties less desirable and/or lowering demand. 

I'm in TN so I do not know that market at all, but from my perspective I would want to know what areas are in demand.