I would file the claim immediately and if there is a review submitted by him you can preempt his with a, “Nice guest and we were able to resolve the accidental broken TV.

Most tenants could really care less who there landlord is, what they care about is do things get fixed on time is the property maintained well.

Thinking about getting a management company in the interim so I don't have to deal with the week to week aspects of being a landlord until I get good enough that I can quite my job down the line.  

The tenant under their renter's insurance or the landlord?

Would it be fair to landlord?

As finding landlords/owners who rent to folks with pets is somtimes a hard thing to find! 

And combine it with hard landlord analytics - like job history, credit scores, landlord verification, etc..Evictions are very expensive. 

Try to avoid a new investor's mistake by going to then bank and qualify for investment loans, laying all of our assets on the line just to get the privilege of becoming a landlord.

I submitted my appeal and heard back from the reviewer with additional questions regarding my expenses ("seems the expenses are higher than average for comparable properties"). 

My thoughts are that someone within my network HAS to know someone that has a home that need to sale. ie hobby landlords, distressed owners etc.