I don't feel a landlord can be responsible for wildlife as long as the property is maintained.

Unless you are a full time RE professional it is likely a passive activity for you.

The re- quired education must serve a bona fide business pur- pose of your employer.The education maintains or improves skills needed in your present work.

—In all criminal cases, contempt cases, and other cases filed pursuant to this chapter, if a party has sold, leased, or let real estate, the title to which was not in the party when it was offered for sale, lease, or letting, or such party has maintained an office bearing signs that real estate is for sale, lease, or rental thereat, or has advertised real estate for sale, lease, or rental, generally, or describing property, the title to which was not in such party at the time, it shall be a presumption that such party was acting or attempting to act as a real estate broker, and the burden of proof shall be upon him or her to show that he or she was not acting or attempting to act as a broker or sales associate.

However, maintaining a cushion for those times when all hell breaks loose (the boiler needs to be replaced unexpectedly and tenants forget that paying rent is a priority) will also make your life better and allow you to make better choices (as in do not rent to any warm body...an empty apartment is much cheaper than an occupied apartment with the wrong tenant in it).Good luck

We will be rehabbing a property that we plan to maintain as a rental.  

Glad to see their taking off but hopefully they can maintain the quality!

Tenant agrees to be responsible for maintaining a clean environment to discourage pest infestation and agrees to report to Landlord any signs of pest problems in a timely manner.

If they have been "watching over" the property for you or paid to maintain the property this could be considered rent and they could have tenant protections.I'm thinking if you can get them to sign a lease, even if it is a low amount of money, you will have more protections than you do now and more money than you do now.

You can't even have a camera facing the street (like at the main front door for example) without a special exemption (which you won't get) since it infringes on people's privacy.It's hard to say where the smart lock journey is going but the company that stays flexible and evolves to create the most compatible (door- and lock-types), easy to install, maintain and use solution, will be around in years to come.