You get the stream of payments in the interim as if you were holding it as a rental, with the prospect of being cashed out at some point in the not do distant future.

Do what you can to be robotic - distant and safe.Best to you.

They may even be trying to evade your non-smoking screening, and worse yet, they will be smoking inside in hiding, a fact you may not discover until move out.You may be better with a distant designated smoking area --to have it out of the house--or not getting a tenant with a smoking background altogether. 

Brentwood-Darlington is a distant 3rd choice.

Its within walking distant to some of the best schools and is a mix of owner occupied condos and rental units.  

. - I try to stick to multifamily since I'm ultimately aiming for apartment investing in the not to distant future.

I would like the opinions of this fine crowd on BP about distant investment in Detroit... still a bit risky for a distant investment ?

Looking for a numbers/business model for single families (local and distant)2. 

If the early 1960's is too distant a memory or considered irrelevant to today, just look at the sporadic nature of the decisions being made at the moment....one day they give...the next day they take.  

It'll be at half of its assessed value soon and doesn't need any work to make it rentable, but will need some repairs in the not too distant future.