A Lot of agents 1) don’t really know all the intricacies/procedures/rules/strategies to do a short sale and 2) don’t want to do all the extra work involved in one, for no extra fees.Attorneys are not great for negotiating/processing shorts sales…they often slow the process down are not needed.If it comes to that point, have a talk with your agent, and their broker, about switching to an agent with short sale experience.You would need to show a financial hardship though….as in you can Not afford to pay the negative cash flow indefinitely. 

For some people this comes naturally but everyone can learn it. 

I’m creating policies and procedures now and I’m on a quest to find the things that landlords don’t seem to appreciate from other existing property management companies, so that I can build being different into mine.

But I am not convinced and think that the world the technocrats want to build is not compatible with human nature and our purpose for being here in the first place. 

@Martin NestaI don't have much info for you - but I do know the 'nature of the beast' I can share with you... perhaps something will help...Most property tax "just values" in Florida - the value they say your property is worth - are intentionally set about 15-20% below market value.  

So if the landlord only owns one four-plex, or two duplexes, or a single and triplex, and the landlord is a natural person (not a corporation or partnership), or the landlord is an LLC in which all members are natural persons (no corporate or partnership members in the LLC), the landlord can still require two month’s rent as security deposit.So for those CA investors who invest in properties with four rentals or less, and place each rental property into its own LLC, and the LLC members are all natural persons, those investors can continue to require two month’s rent as security deposit.

I had a family who were schemers-always had stories and getting different charities to pay their rent and I was just tired of dealing with them so I gave them the proper notice at the end of their lease and in that notice I included the move out procedure and a reminder that they would owe $1600/month rent if they were still there on the 1st per section X of the lease they signed.

For example with heat, the fuel (electric, oil, natural gas, etc) all cost differently. 

Natural gas is widely used in the area and can be brought to the property for roughly 40k.  

A hosting business involves marketing (LTR only markets when there is a vacancy), cleaning/turnover, check-in/check-out procedures, and a concierge communication.The analogy to Walmart is absurd.