The main issue I've come across is that everything in this price range would be cash flow negative.

One suggestion I was given was to add a clause to your lease that payments are first applied to utilities then rent.Is anyone in Maine / New England doing this type of submetering?

Rentometer has avg rents at only $1067/mo so I'm also not sure about paying that much for such little rent for a long-term hold perspective when from what little research I've done you can get more elsewhere for the same buy price - maybe someone looking to park money for tax purposes or an all-cash deal hoping for a big upside? 

@Michael IzbotskyAn estate plan serves several purposes, but, in CA, yes, particularly to avoid probate.

The purpose of my post was to make others aware of the difficulties associated with selling entry level SFH's which tend to be in neighborhoods with limited owner occupant participation and when the owner occupant participation exists the buyer pool are the least qualified of the FHA buyer pool.

I have a tenant in Maine who refused to leave after her lease expired, and multiple notices were given saying she needed to leave after it expired. 

The 3 main banks here are BPPR, Oriental & First Bank.  

The people I know are mainly via Facebook and not close connections.

Being on a main road that has bus stops is great too as you're property can still run well without a great parking situation.

In our experience as a property management company, we allow owners to use home warranties, but they are required to coordinate directly with the warranty company themselves.The main issue we’ve seen is that home warranties can significantly delay even simple repairs.