One month in and my apartment was booked at 90% capacity and I was basically living at my office (did I mention my dog was too?)

They may be short again next month and that is a behavior you would want to try to correct. 

Technically the new regulations wouldn't "prevent" us from renting out our homes, but proposed registration, fees, etc. would be so prohibitive to behavior that it would amount to a type of prevention.  

I have legitimate issues caused by the tenant and I addressed them within the bounds of the law, but this whole thing is so irritating because I get this condescending communication from someone who is short on facts and evidence so is trying to hike up the scare factor, meanwhile the tenant has been a total nutcase from start to finish and she first dragged her realtor into this threatening me and I found that so inappropriate because her realtor has the business that plows our road and she shouldn't get involved and take sides because we are also paying customers, then she drags this lawyer into it, and I am thinking that SOMEONE should be talking sense into her instead of feeding into her crazy and entitled behavior.

If someone ask reaches out to you offering there “help” be careful because they could be setting out to use you or make you into a “bird dog” and you want even know it!

For a self managing landlord important skills include:identify and fund good buy and hold dealsset and enforce policies and build systems with repeatable processes for accounting, leasing activities, collecting rent, managing work requests and complaints, and renovations'managing' tenants and team members (by managing tenants, I mean making sure that your are providing your tenants with incentives that encourage the behaviors that you want.)prioritizing work

I own a house in Illinois (with 4 dogs and a fiancé), but live with family in Minnesota right now.

- dog poop all over the place (trashing ?)

I had a similar situation where a prospective tenant asked about a fence for their dog.

You finish up at Midnight and still have to run through reports for showings, appraisals. move 2 lockboxes, update listings in the MLS, create flyers for an Open house as well as print out PCD's, sign in sheets and figure out where to put their dog during the showing.