Part of the benefit is eviction over foreclosure if there is a problem. As

@Austin B.What you're looking to do makes total sense and more and more people are doing exactly the same thing.The good news for you is that the fact that you don't know what you want to be doing in the future isn't a problem as you shouldn't have a problem to resell, provided that you know what you'er doing and avoid gringo pricing.

How other investors are solving this problem as after purchasing few properties.

It will live in the crawlspace and get rid of your problem as it will patrol the outside perimeter of its crawlspace after it notices where the mouse come in and or leave.Ours are virtually wild, and will not even come around to eat until after you leave the food.

There are a bunch of hurdles to get over...  1)  Fair Debt Collection Practices Act  2)  The Coinage Act of 1965  3)  State law (In Texas Sec. 92.011 of the Property Code might be a huge problem.  A

One didn't have a problem as she was a landlord of her property and didn't respond to my letter.

- As soon as you get a message from a guest, I call it “GO TIME” - This is your time to respond to the guest as soon as possible - There is nothing like incredible customer service - If there are any issues with their stay, it is your job to make sure you do everything you can to solve the problem as quickly as possible2) Be very clear with your check-in instructions- I like to say, pretend you are a first grader- No need to overcomplicate how to check into your property- The last thing you want to happen is for someone to struggle to get into your property- First impressions are everything and if they can’t get into the property, there is a very high chance you just went from a 5 to a 4-star review. 

(I'm going to have that problem as well.) 

The 100 mile rule is not so much the problem as: buying down in value, size of current home and number of members who occupy vs the 1/4 of the four plex. 

But that does not sound like it would solve the problem as if you brought in $1200 for the other unit still sounds like you have $500+ out of pocket + rent2.