We just (two weeks ago) had outgoing tenants who were great and signed a new lease with their friends, who passed our screening with flying colors.

Taking the approach of being friendly and offering to help the landlord out goes far further.Case in point the salesman who was extremely out of line and happened to have emailed me from his work account.

If you are motivated, it can be pretty tough to make up for 4 lost years on income with the added bonus of outgoing tuition,  compounded by financing.

My AC evaporator luckily has an access panel that is easily removed and then a service plug in the side panel of the coil (plastic disc wedged into sheet metal) that I was able to remove, liberally spray down the coil on the 'incoming air side' with cleaner bought from lowes, and carefully spray some water onto the coils from the easily accessible 'outgoing air' side to back rinse after waiting the recommended time. 

But it was Theodore Roosevelt who reminded us that "comparison is the thief of joy".Income - outgo - staying power - It's way more about about the attitude than the decimal point!

So long as you are willing to accept the risk/consequences of it not working out, go for it.

@Bryan Beal go out. Go

Our outgoing housing court judge O'Leary a republican, was fighting to have eviction records sealed.   

I bought a couple of older models a. one for my outgoing selling properties b. one for my incoming buying properties.

We've had success with out-going tenants not damaging the property, even when they were being evicted, by remaining polite and respectful.