If it is a home, tenants are usually in charge of maintaining the yard.

From my experience with HML anyone that charges an upfront processing fee or origination fee is most likely a scam.

., but anyone else feel free to jump in...when a long distance investor is paying a local PM to manage a STR in the Smokies, are the costs of listing/booking fees on AirBNB/VRBO/etc included in the percent the PM is charging?

Literally contractors hear people talk like that all the time and 90% of the time they're blowing smoke to try and justify that they should be charged less than a "normal customer".

How old was the charge/mugshot?

Talked to county to figure out tax situation and any other misc charges that may change based on purchase price3.

Don’t wait to be “surprised” when you’re city suddenly introduces a 3% rent increase cap and suddenly the max you can charge only goes up $18/mo every year. 

When I first started investing, I paid close attention to the cost my GC was charging per unit.

Current rent i charge him is $975, basically just paying my mortgage for now.

So you'll be unlikely to find any legal recourse through the courts, and in fact you may end up having charges brought against you (most likely "obtaining a good or service using a false name").