I live in the Bronx, NY but my goal is to own an investment property in Philadelphia by the end of this year.

Our Challenge is We’ve successfully completed 8 flips in 24 months and are ready to scale to 20-30 flips this year.

If for some reason they can't get this sorted out by the next payment date, you should figure out how to physically escrow that payment somewhere...this at least protects your payment until you're confident who it is supposed to go to in the future. 

@Varun Chawla I'd love for other experienced investors to chime in on this post because I'm interested in the numbers. 

Learned a $60,000 lesson this way on my first house.

This is an incredible community and I'm sure you'll find it helpful. 

Every landlord in Chicago needs to watch this!

@Nate McCarthy I think this could be a great opportunity if approached thoughtfully.

This would hopefully maintain strong cashflow from the property will providing some capital to use for the next property acquisition. 

This will give you more opportunities and access to various opinions about the market and properties.As to cleaning services, you'd most likely hire a property manager who'll take care of that.