Sometimes, the most honest answers come from people who have no stake in whether you buy the property or not.Good luck!

I have a goal to post at least once a week to get to know you guys as well as make sure I'm consistently learning from people who are smarter than me :)When I started reading and learning about REI I felt pretty strongly about hiring a PM.

You can either cancel and they may reduce the fee to try to save the deal or take the hit and leave a foul review so people know of this bad practice 

Do you like to do business with people trying to do a workaround?

Great question....my answer is total guess vs expert response, but I don't think you probably gain much if anything by doing a cost seg on a single family house with long term renter. 

Do people put exercise equipment like treadmill or stationary bike in their mid term rentals?

The problem with rent by the room is you end up becoming a counselor or a people manager.

People need homes.

You will probably find some people here with experience in or around where you wind up.

I was hoping to see what other people have found success doing who are in the same situation, as from what I'm reading, there can be few different ways to handle it.