It's OK to leave them on a month-to-month lease, but it must be in writing or you have almost no protection.Show me a tenant that's rented the same unit for 20 years, and I'll show you a tenant that is below market rate.

Once you have a shortlist, sign up for an account with each one and test them extensively to see how they function.

I do work remotely from the home and was also wondering if I could write off the portion of where I use the space as a office on the same home as he’s claiming without causing any flags on the property address.

Secondly, I would shop lenders using the Find a Lender function on BP.

Who told you that you cannot write off the insurance on the investment property?

Figure you've got the following functions of the house (assuming you've never bought a house before) decide which functions of the house you're worried about breaking and how soon and accommodate for such things.

Materially participate & rent for less than 7 days, you should be able to write it off against active income. 

  $50/sqft for a full interior and functional update, $100/sqft for a full gut down to studs, $150/sqft for newcon .If these numbers make sense I would want to visit the property for a true estimate, where it would be line item work scope development. 

First I'm writing this review because the experience bothered me so much.

I’ve also used Home Warranty services (could write a book actually) as a hedge for C class properties I managed in the past so I empathize with the intent.