In the meantime, I'll be going to local meetups to find what I'm writing about here. 

I'd also get proof of their insurance and say it must be active for the duration of their lease...and write rental insurance as part of the lease, so if they cancel it, you can get rid of them.

Consider the potential for tax breaks based on your interest payments and any expenses you may incur for the building that you can write off.

Contact the tenant, have a conversation about retaining a portion of the deposit (probably going to have to cut them a break), get them to agree, put it in writing for both parties to sign, and send them the remainder.

Some agents might write the agency for 3-6 months and tied to the area.

The reality is the opposite - if it's not in writing then the PMC doesn't have to provide the service or can charge extra for it!

@Kang-Li ChengI cannot comment on this specific company but we buy loans from similar companies (both performing and non performing) and I Can say the consistent component to these companies is they are horrible at underwriting and write loans to collect the points / fees but many of the loans we see we cannot believe they gave that person a loan.I am curious what types of returns they targeted as the invest in one asset model to me is very risky.

I write and share a lot about my experience, the market there, and even openly share performance history and numbers on my own rental portfolio.Happy to send you and anyone else those resources.

With real estate, some of the biggest pluses aren't seen in ROE (or ROI for that matter, at least until you sell), namely appreciation, principal paydown and depreciation as a tax write off.

If it did not, I would have insured that my buyer knew that before writing the offer, and we’d have built it into the offer if buyer really wanted any of that paid by seller at closing.