I'm to be a first-time landlord and just read in our local newsletter that our county (Arlington, VA) requires landlords to obtain a business license. I've never heard of this before. For all you DC-area Mustachians, is this something I have to do? Is this a common thing? All I want to do is rent out a property to tenant, and have a property management company manage that process while I'm away. Do I actually have to go give the county their pound of flesh?