To clarify, this would be a primary residence so rental income wouldn’t be a factor per se.

For example the old part of Denver (Downtown, LoDo, RiNo, Ballpark, Five Points, Curtis Park, Auraria campus) is laid out in a grid that is positioned perfectly diagonal to the four cardinal directions, and most of the rest of the city is laid out in a perfect N/S, E/W pattern. 

We try to focus on the SE side of Ankeny given the opportunity.  

It's not for the payments per se, it's for the maintance, repairs, not being rented for a couple of months, etc. all of the things we face as investors that cost us money.  

If you know the market intimately and are confident in the true market value of the specific properties themselves this may not affect you per se, but if there’s any question on pricing, it would benefit you to work with a local expert to establish fair market value with a CMA and also getting an appraisal done (if you’re working with a lender they will require this anyway).

With that said lots of times inspections find items that allow people to back out, yet I wouldn’t think is required to be disclosed per se.

I recently moved back home to the Northern VA area after forgoing playing overseas for a SE role in FinTech.

Using all/most of rental income would not be reasonable and doesn't make sense since by converting passive rental income to active income you will subject most/all of the income to SE tax.

Se sure to send a dear John letter to the HOA on your way out.

The good news is that there are a lot of REIAs in SE Michigan.