The color shows the Market Health Index (Green - 10; Red - 1), and the size of the circle shows the Market Price To Rent ratio.  

According to HUD they did not find any health risk outside of some head aches, throat irritation and the like.The best way to do a preliminary check is to pull  out an outlet and look at the ground wire.  

I live in a very rural area north of Asheville, NC which does not have much going on as far as real estate movement so I’m looking at other areas.Asheville is hot right now and has set record sales/prices for 2015.This has put the little inventory that is available out of my price range.Asheville would be my long term goal.According to Zillow (which I’m not sure how accurate it is) market health index for Asheville is 9.4/10.Other areas I’m considering are Greenville, SC (market health index 7.8/10 ) and Johnson City, TN (index of 5.9/10), both with more inventory in my price range.Asheville is 35 minutes from my house, Greenville 2 hours, and Johnson City 1 hour.I have made contact with a realtor in the Greenville area and that area really looks like it has potential.I am a Nurse and my wife is a Physical Therapist so we have W2 income and would not need to live off flipping.I also have 3 days off a week to manage rehabs, plus downtime at work for research/studying markets.

My lease does state that the tenant is responsible for the health of trees and shrubs.  

Worked in O&G for Noble, saw the writing on the wall and went back to health care IT.

You can have all of the benefits of Trevor's viewpoint without assuming all of the risk.An LLC is litigation protection from suits not covered by insurance (any alleged intentional fraud, gross negligence, health code violation, etc.)You want an LLC to hold the assets separate from yourself or the operations of the company.

Because you need someone that can advise on coverage gaps between states or between personal and commercial or between property/casualty and life/health.

Transitioned to Duke Health last year. 

Unfortunately my situation changed, job/family health etc. that put off some of those decisions.

I would love to tell you to be warm hearted and give them a desperately needed break but,your rental doesn't sound optimal for her poor health to deal with safely.They need a one level ground floor unit to keep her safe and you away from a potential lawsuit.The first time she tumbles down the stairs and gets hauled away in an ambulance you are going to hear from their attorney crying "Well you should never have rented to them you greedy slumlord!!"