Hopefully, everyone stays safe and the firefighters can get a handle on it soon.

Wait, I get it, their online reputation will be enough of a guarantee for you!

There really isn't a safe, secure way for someone to protect their interests.

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.

Here's a list of things to track:- Formal lease application- Formal signed and executed lease specific to your state- Payment history (I recommend using online rent collection like Apartments.com, RentRedi, etc)- Maintenance requests and receipts- Accounting for all rental-related expenses (repairs, utilities, etc) The more you treat it like a business, the more helpful you are to your CPA come tax time. 

Check out other online guides available here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides3.

We use DealCheck to underwrite deals and QuickBooks Online for everything related to accounting and budgeting.

I use QuickBooks Online for all of my clients.

I can provide him with an online log in so he can review the books from his office.

The city wants to tear the property and surrounding properties down Zillow said it’s worth 38000The city offer me 13000.I could use some adviceHard to give advice with limited information, but as a general rule, the longer you wait and the further down the line their project is the more valuable your property will be to them.Zillow (and all automatic online) estimates are very unreliable, so don't base on that.