Lastly, should I continue collecting rent through Venmo or should I have her set up automatic payments with my bank? 

I have been in the process of 1031'ing the C class properties in my portfolio and have been moving these over to STR.

The ones i am finding seem to be pricing us very high as we are out of state. need someone who is fair, quality work, and wont F### us over lol

Quote from @Kyler J Sloan: My rentals made over $150,000 net cashflow last year, but my tax returns showed around $10,000 income because I wrote off all the LEGAL deductions.

Apparently, there's been 2 drug overdoses there which included one death previous to me taking over the property and it seems that drug activity is a regular part of what goes on there.

If they have only had one showing in 3 months, I'd start taking over again as something isn't right especially if they aren't returning your calls-what makes you think they are getting back to potential tenants.

I was born and raised in Mexico City and I’ve resided in NYC for over 11 years.I own a couple of short-term rental properties in Mexico City.

Over 60% of property managers are women.

If that's the case, the easy answer for "next time" is make sure you have a LL account with your utility provider, which will turn the power over into your name if the tenant disconnects from their name. 

Personally, I did over 250+ transactions (including STR, MF, SFH, LTR, RRs, Corporate leasing, Acquistions/Sales, Value-Adds, etc.) on and off market in 2023-to-date in our area.