But, if everyone is being nice about it, I say give it back and start over but be sure to do a walkthrough because you don't want to hear in a year "guy 1 did that, you need to charge him".

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.