Explain that you will be with the prospective tenant during the showing to ease their mind.They might have had a bad experience with another landlord showing their unit, and sometimes if you explain where you are coming from, they're more understanding.

--Upon move out back to FL from VA, they have continually attempted to contact the realtor or us to try to pressure getting the property rented.  

Don't put so much pressure on one relationship.

I hope to be an active contributor later on but for now I will mainly just lurk around in the forums.My PlanFirst of all, I don't have much experience in real estate so I need to have a plan to get comfortable with it.My plan now is to really just ease into real estate for now.

When they do, that will take some of the pressure off real estate prices, but it won't be a crash.As long as you bought right and have a solid investment, that kind of shift should have virtually no effect on you

My thought on a co-signer is that it just puts extra pressure on the primary signer(s) to do the right thing and pay the rent for fear of negative impact on and feedback from the co-signer if not...

I'm getting married next month, and have been feeling the pressure to buy a condo, that would serve as a home base for me and my wife when I'm in between international assignments (10 days each 4 months) and would hold me and my wife's things (wedding gifts, furniture etc)My biggest problem is that we would only live in the condo about 20% of year, as we would be traveling abroad as part of my job.

I've been called that from about 6yo.My personal preference is to start small but not knowing to much about the game here is limiting my view on how far I can make the 200k go without being able to borrow funds (and which market I ultimately choose to invest)I have completed a 2 page business sketch stating that I'm happy with 2-3 projects in the first year as I'm not putting a ton of pressure on myself time wise.

Yes, I like some of the retail going in there but the layout and ease of in/out is annoying.  

The mortgagee is also putting pressure on the owner to sell.With no tenant upstairs, and that I have a transferable (if it sells) lease on the building for $1,000 / month for the next four years, I'm struggling to find a deal that works for me and the others.That said, the building is in need of some serious repairs which puts my business in some risk.