If it costs you more, that's part of doing business and you'll hopefully learn to screen better and create stronger policies and procedures to handle problem tenants in the future.

No special tax treatment that I have ever heard of related to just short term rentals.Yeah I was going to the short term rental committee meetings downtown and the laws they were proposing didn’t look good either so I backed out of purchasing  a few properties I had lines up.Now they terminated the short term rental committee that was tasked with writing the new laws as they are letting what is going on at the state legislature level to run its course first.Do you currently own any short term rentals?

The home is in my name and while we have liability insurance on the home as well as a personal umbrella policy, I wanted require that in order for a tenant to have dog, that they would need to have renter's insurance with animal related liability coverage.

Obviously, you should still make sure the agent you chose has the knowledge of the Insurance Carrier and the Coverage you need to properly service the policies and advise you. 

A good insurance policy is all you need, and probably cheaper.

You will pay the appraiser directly and will receive a copy of the completed appraisal.6)Get an insurance policy with a mortgagee clause and a start date the same as closing.

such as lease, agreement, or insurance policy?

I am assuming the coverage A dwelling already cover 100% of the replacement, why an additional 25% extended dwelling coverage is needed? There are four fire stations in the 10min distance of my rental property so the ...

Check out the "You Plus Two" policy in Fort Collins for a great example.

You need to get it gone NOW. hopefully your pet policy stipulates dangerous dogs are required to leave on request.