I'm moving to San Diego next year from Denver, CO and am looking to make the right personal finance decision in the process. 

.: It's not an issue IF their lease is scheduled to expire.My personal practice: when a tenant submits an application, I let them know I intend to contact their former landlords.

Second question is, if we don't live in the city we will invest in, we understand we will have to be traveling often, but who could be a good person to check in on the construction so we don't have to go every week?

@Steve Morris are you assuming the risk is high based on the reward?

Or if Josh is just so damn clueless that he doesn't realize (despite being told multiple times) that I am not the person whom he is in a dispute with.

And personally I put way more weight on buying the right location as a buy and hold investor than saving some dollars on the front end. 

@Scott Schnabel actually, the cities of Hazel Park and Warren require a DL from someone at the PMC and write the tickets in their personal name.

., but they cannot sell their AirBnB account to another person.

It's been a very, very bumpy road to be under contract - and past the due dilligence period - on a new build we are purchasing with the intent to use it as a STR (and some personal use).

They will try to run 2 kitchens and that can mean clogged drains in your wet bar kitchen.Be sure there is personal recourse when you need to sue them for $40k in repairs above the deposit.