Occasionally a seller may request that it be held in a title company trust account.  

Left this month on 3 days notice... we thought they were great tenants- paid on time, only heard from them occasionally when something needed to be fixed.

We operate in Syracuse ourselves but occasionally venture outwards. 

Initial cashflow if we rented the whole place out would be $150-200/month (plus potential extra income from occasional AirBnB bookings of the bonus room with its own separate entrance).

I eventually want to build a portfolio of rentals with occasional flips.

I still look at Podcasts occasionally maybe every few months.

I have my tenants ask me occasionally if I would be willing to sell them the house, to which I usually reply "We'll see", because it's unlikely they can afford to buy the house for what I would need to sell it - which would be, at a minimum, my original investment, equity appreciation, plus the difference I would need to purchase something equivalent in today's market.

I occasionally access them on the road with my laptop, 

I congratulate all posters on this thread for considering the importance of protecting their other assets before investing in an asset (real estate) than can, occasionally create a large liability.  

Please help me http://www.pwcgov.org/government/courts/circuit/Pages/Records-for-Occasional-User.aspx