If for no other reason the more predictable and lower maintenance costs are a huge benefit.  

So the choice of tenant would be key.On the flip side, reasons to hold: a very low mortgage rate; probably not the case. 

The simple reason is that you cannot even tell debit cards from credit cards without a special software.

Of the dozens of MFR I have closed on over the years none have been in Newark, the reason for this is it is not worth the headache. 

P.S; We live in Wilmington NC so both markets would be "long distance" P.S.P.S there are no reasonably priced multi family properties local to us.

That is if purchasing EXISTING performing investment real estate AND have very good clarity of every facet of the transaction ESPECIALLY reasoning for seller selling, AND you have decent market intelligence. 

Ask questions to find out about their reasons for selling, desired next steps (i.e. relocation, 1031 exchange, etc.), and anything else that is important to them.Ask follow-up questions to dig deeper and learn more (without being too intrusive) then jot down any relevant notes so that you can reference them down the line during your follow-up calls.

Let me enumerate the reasons:1) my pm paid for the damages.  

The second reason is that there's no appreciation value.

In my mind, the reason for doing this would be to have two engaged platforms versus one dominant one.