Guests cover the cleaning cost.

Of course, you should switch companies if you are unhappy with their services. 

PM is a service business and time is very valuable.

Also, in order to get financing the lender wouldn’t allow SCI to dramatically overpay or they wouldn’t meet the debt service requirements.

Utilities are OFTEN overlooked so reach out to power, telecom, gas (or go all electric), water, and sewer to make sure you understand what it would take to get separately metered services from the primary house.

The second company had a PM contract and due to other reasons we did not continue their services after a couple of months so tax stuff did not arise.

Not every STR has to be a 4 Seasons and even those I've waited on service before and it's not like someone was breathing down their neck waiting to revoke their hotel license when it happened. 

We provide a proxy service for foreign buyers, basically your arm in Japan without having to travel or know the language.

It may or may not show on a credit report, depends on the servicing and you should have the loan serviced.Failure to include the debt on a future loan application is mortgage fraud, wanna go to jail?

Refinance into a debt service loan.