It's an amenity - you're not trying to be price competitive with the laundromat. 

You will not make money here.I’m not trying to burst your bubble, Robert.

turn it over to an attorney. let them deal with it and go after the company. that is all you can do, you tried to be nice but nice does not get you far typically in business when the other party just walks all over you. file for eviction and go after the personal guarantee of the company.

So many landlords set up these types of additional escrow accounts and fund them monthly to try and anticipate those expenses - but these are separate from the lender's escrow for taxes & insurance.All the best!

Try different ways of financing like rent-to-own, taking over payments, or when the seller acts like the bank.Continue to save aggressively to build up your down payment.

If you are trying to convert a property under and hoa into an str, your job gets even more complicated as the HOA itself may have its own regulations IF it even accepts it at all.caution: STR market is over saturated in these parts and some of them are shuting down and being converted into corporate housing, mid term rentals, or furnished long term rentals.

I tried self managing my first year, it didn't work out great as I rushed and rented to the first person I found.

The first 3 rules of trying to manage a property outside of the country.

Does anybody know if my father can prove his income to a lender when I try applying for an FHA loan instead of my income? 

Quote from @Laura Kreinbring: This is a very complicated subject and I have learned so much trying to do this, more or less, on my own.