My tenants moved in September 2024and has been defaulting in paying rent from November 2024.

Thanks to everything I’ve learned from the podcasts, books, and this community, my wife and I currently own:A triplex in MaineA single-family rental in San AntonioA single-family primary residence in Las Cruces, NM, which will become a rental when we move in a few monthsFor context, I'm an active-duty Army officer with about 12 years left until retirement, and my wife works for a university in Boston.

Let me know how it works out with them, wondering if they are a reliable source.

They are LTR, sorry I should have put that in there. 2 Have been there for 1.5 years now and 2 just moved in Feb 1 after a renovation was done. 

How are they going to prevent move-outs and extend my occupancy? 

I’d love to hear about the crime rates or any other issues (which we cannot guess from the online stats), and how easy or hard it is to find reliable tenants and property management companies.

The IRS considers a rental property "placed in service" when it is available and ready to rent, not necessarily when the first tenant moves in. 

This targets family’s between homes, either because they just moved to the area; have a definitive time work contract; current house is being rebuilt/remodeled/repaired; students with “rich” parents; recent separated/divorced who needs space for children visits; Houston medical center stays; etc.  

Because you are able to work remote, enhances the need for flexibility as I can easily see a time where you want to move someplace else because you can.  

In the second you have two tenants with 3600/mo rents and lower costs, if one moves you still have 50% revenue coming in diversified across two properties.