The op is of Seattle, and every little surrounding city has adopted their own set of rental laws(many following and based on Seattle, Portland, Tacoma, etc.  

Jerryl, you’ve touched on something here that I think needs more explanation.  

The new property's depreciation is based on its value, not what you had in the old one. 

Additionally, I'm based in Michigan, and I would like to know if anyone in the community is familiar with companies or professionals in Michigan who can assist in the process of forming an LLC and managing the legal aspects of transitioning Airbnb properties.Any insights or experiences you can share would be immensely helpful as I navigate this potential transition.

Once you have that its just a decision based on numbers. 

(searching "home inspectors association" will give you all of these as top results), and then searching for a home inspector based on location.

One of the things I've noticed is that the flooring and underlayment options usually give an STC rating based on their use on 8" concrete subfloors.Part of the rating given is being attributed based on what type of subfloor it is and would be a lower rating than with the plywood subfloors.

These investment specific mortgage products are all asset based. 

Approval is based on the company applicant; the individual occupants are simply screened for criminal and I want to make sure I have their contact information for any issues regarding the rental.I hope that helps! 

If they are a crime victim they should also go to their local police department's financial crimes unit, contact financial crimes where the fraud is based and call or go into their local FBI office and ask to speak to the duty agent.