If you inherit a property there is a step up in tax basis and no capital gains tax or depreciation recapture if you sell the property for same market value as valued when inherited  Any gain occurring after inherited date can be avoided by doing a 1031 exchange.

Anyone interested in marketing and sales should do a lot of internet research and you will find many successful businesses that use only door-to-door for their marketing and sales like a window company on the east coast that does $350 million per year in sales.Like every profession, door-to-door marketing and sales requires a lot of skills and anyone interested in it should seek as much training and mentoring as possible.

They use electric baseboard heat and I've never heard of a bill being higher than $200 a month, and that includes heat, lights, internet, TV, and all the appliances.

Just tell them you want them out by a certain date and that's it.

Tell them to be out no later than midnight on [DATE], where to turn in keys, and how you'll handle the deposit.

I would anticipate the return to be quite favorable at that cost, but I really have no as I have not had a discussion with a contractor to date.

The idea that one can completely automate a short term rental with internet is a misnomer to begin with. 

For example, we are no longer charging tenants for the cable and internet at a property so we had to lower our rent by $30 to even it out.

They clearly want to grow into a higher-end accounting system so even their desktop version requires you connect to the internet. 

All you need is an internet connection and a good team