For instance, ensure the property has enough parking for all of the residents and that it is in close proximity to the transit routes.In addition, when you rent by the room, you usually hire a cleaning person to come once a month and clean the common areas / bathrooms to reduce tenant disputes. 

First service I've seen other than Google Voice with that policy.Rentler is like Apts.com but a little more costly for CC payments, and no reporting features.What makes me nervous about Apts.com is there is a big thread here on the transition from Cozy.

Or, you can simply sell it while the sole owner is alive which makes the transition smoother.

My big concern is how can I transition a cash purchase into long-term debt and how long would that take?

I suspect that the fact that you have your eyes on southwest France means you don’t have a need for such a transition between career and retirement 😁!

Lots of people lose jobs and then get new jobs, and they have savings or other means to get by during the transition. 

I am brand new to this world and my new knowledge is coming at a critical transition point in my life.

So, this time, I would like to begin with online wholesaling and then transition to property preservation later once I have more free time to do it. 

If they were our tenants and had made us money and equity for some time, we would be willing to give up the 1-2 months of additional cash flow  to give the widow transition time.

For those that might holler about liability protection:  we have kept them leveraged with cash-outs, have a substantial umbrella policy in place, and very simply we just make sure we keep the properties maintained and are good operators with happy residents.We are now transitioning into a more commercial space and plan to roll out that LLC structure.