Hopefully, there is a home inspection contingency to allow you to back out of the deal, IF it is needed and still get your earnest money back.I would definitely have your agent reach out to the seller's agent to communicate the issue and the cost it will take to repair it.

Airbnb and VRBO make it very easy, you can link the calendars so no double booking, messaging and communicating with tenants is easy too.

My advice to you:-learn how to communicate and build rapport.

Make sure you are working with a realtor clearly understands how to structure these deals on paper, and clearly able to communicate to all parties in the transaction, there can be a lot of moving parts.

If they are not communicating, they clearly are not in compliance.I highly recommend you have your attorney send a copy of this form to your tenant.

Again, placing a phone call will actually open up the lines of communication more than unanswered letters  C) to motivate an investor who does not want to sell, to become a seller it typically only takes one thing: a really high purchase price.It is a seller's market, and most owners know that.  

While our deck and railings are secure, I constantly fear someone might do something foolish -- or worse, a child might do something naively -- and fall.What is the best way to help communicate safety to guests, and what are steps I should take to minimize liability should something happen?

The tenants are exhibiting a pattern of under-communicating; this is not negligence on my part. 

They felt overwhelmed so they took the ad down and relisted it at $2400 per month and got eight inquiries and was able to pick a tenant that they are very happy with.I agree a lot can happen in a year but that is why as landlords we need to screen, have reserves, and keep open lines of communication with our tenants. 

My communication with contractors is not even close to automation and I usually have to do reasonable planning on a Gantt charts, then manually write up contracts.