My advice for anyone looking to hire a PM company is: Review the contract very carefully!

I agree on the point of your investment is not guaranteed and never fall in love with the sticker price of the offering (ie returns), you really need to look under the hood on these dealsBut active investing is not for everyone and if you do not have the time to manage your active investments, it’s not like the stock market where you have as good a chance to return on your portfolio doing nothing than hiring a manager - if you do not have the time nor ability it typically will not end well.

As others have said, you can do the digging yourself with the municipality or hire an Architect to do this due diligence and provide a zoning and property analysis report bringing all the info together for you.

It's worth hiring someone for. 

I see almost no downsides here pending the condition and then still probably not, other than just learning how to manage or hiring that out.

What would your STR numbers look like if you hired a local STR PMC?

Since then she’s hired a lawyer because she felt that it’s unfair that shes only getting 30 days notice. she supposed to move out on the 26th of November she wants him to use the security deposit as last month rent but my friend runs the risk of the place being trashed if he does accept this will he still be able to fight for more money if the place does end up trashed and is there anything he can do to fight her to get the last months rent 

.: I've never hired an EA or CPA before and need advice on vetting them to avoid being taken advantage of.

If so, as mentioned above, I would probably hire a PM if you do not want to run it yourself. 

I hope you learn from this and hire a quality PM for the next time.I would try two things, simultaneously:1.