The massive email chain of listing automations is exhausting.

Legal compliance gaps Cleveland LAIC, lead paint laws, rental registration, city violations, inspection requirements, miss one and face fines.Emergency repairs at 2 AM Plumbing overflow from 2nd floor, burst pipes, no heat in winter, electrical failures require immediate local response you can't provide.Rent collection issues Hard to enforce late fees or pursue eviction without local presence and knowledge of Cleveland courts.Tenant manipulation Tenants know you're remote; some exploit this with fake emergency claims or delayed payments.Contractor reliability Can't verify if work was done, done correctly, or if quoted prices are inflated for "absentee landlords."

I personally wouldn’t start a side hustle until I've exhausted most other methods for raising funds.

A thousand gallon tank, which would be about the size of a small-to-average septic tank, with a cabin with 2-4 people staying, is likely going to fill up in less than a week unless they've piped the grey water (washer, shower, kitchen sink) somewhere else like a dry well.

Wednesday morning, I got the kind of call every landlord dreads — our contractor broke a pipe under the kitchen sink during some routine work.

Does the tenant have a baby or could the blockage be the result of someone who lived there before and it just shifted and blocked the pipes now? 

You have a tub, a pump, a heater, a control panel, and a bunch of pipes running around the thing.

Specifically verify: plumbing (polybutylene pipes were common in 1970s Florida homes and are insurance nightmares), electrical panel and wiring (aluminum wiring, undersized panels, or Federal Pacific panels are common flip shortcuts), foundation and slab (Florida soil settlement issues), windows and doors (proper hurricane ratings and permits), and drainage/grading around the property (Florida flooding is serious).

It would only make sense to exhaust this option first as it is my investment.

See if there is still plaster, old wiring(knob & tube or aluminum), old galvanized pipes, termites, etc.