You don't need amenities like short-term and the people looking for MTR has expanded from travel nurses to displaced homeowners, future buyers, just sold sellers, relatives coming into town, insurance companies, etc.

Limited Future Borrowing: Tying up multiple properties as collateral may limit the borrower’s ability to secure additional financing in the future, as those assets are already committed.4.

So, every non-government job your tenants have will end in the foreseeable future unless new companies move into the city and create replacement jobs that pay similar wages and require similar skills; Otherwise, soon all that will be left are lower-paying service sector jobs.

By structuring deals with regular refinancing, you can unlock the equity in your properties and access capital for future investments.

All of these potential improvements make it seem like Scranton is heading in the right direction and may actually have nicely appreciating properties in the distant future.

Any year I do this in the future there is a 2 year look back for health care cost.

It could be worth engaging with the MSO or the owner to explore adding a renewal option or gauging the MSO’s future plans.

Would this cause any tax implication towards a future sale  of the home purchase?

All future pest control is the tenant's responsibility. 

.: Quote from @Brandon Brown: I am considering switching to a heat pump with an electric heat strip for supplemental heating in our two-flat building, with plans to add a third unit in the future.