These lenders care more about the value of the asset that is financed rather than your credit score or income documentation.2.

Replacement Cost PoliciesCash Value: Reimburses the current, depreciated value of an item.

You would need to find a property manager to care for the investment until you return, which will eat into the profits.

Some sellers may not care and those that are in protected class's IE non english or simply not educated might still get taken advantage of..

This is more tax efficient as the interest you collect would be subject to ordinary income (outside of an IRA, whereas in an IRA, there’d be no tax on this.

It seems if you are far away from this property then it might be a good idea to consider hiring the services of an experienced property manager who really could provide ongoing communication during the whole stay.  

@Tyler Bushey Care to elaborate on how you would achieve this with only one boiler?

Where I am, and we have a lot of units under contract for lawn care, we still spend about $1000 per SFH on annual lawn care.

I'm not a fan of any script or gimmick that gets in the way of an authentic conversation with a potential seller.

While some don't care, think about the family of four who is trying to budget for a family vacation.