You can incentivize paying their rent ahead (by semester/term) via lump sums when they get their student loan reimbursements and also have their parents co-sign their lease for a backup plan if you don’t feel comfortable enough with them solely on the lease.

Hi Brian,  no, I don't have experience with out of state investments, I do have extensive experience in running out of state construction, the rehab part is where I'm very comfortable with, now I need to get a team out there that can point out the right locations, PM, legal team and so on... 

I explained that we’re not comfortable with the camera pointing over in our yard even if it’s on the fence line.

Like if 30k sitting in an account keeps you comfortable, get there as quick as you can then do smaller amounts?

you get a price you can comfortably afford and profit from, and over time they will get the total amount that they want.  

I think because we're in the Disney area we get a lot of foreigners that aren't comfortable with opened anything.

Given experience, feel free to share where you would you start if you were in my shoes and if you're willing to have a further conversation to help me get going!

@Robert S. sorry you're experiencing this--I've been in your shoes, and it's no fun.Luckily, I have extensive experience with this type of issue (I learned the hard way when I bought a property that was basically built above a subterranean river that caused three basement floods in about six months!). 

It can be slightly time consuming but I usually feel more comfortable with the numbers when I do it myself.

The longer you can hang around in Lawton, while you get comfortable with the industry, the better.