Money order is an added protection for the tenant because when the payment platform is hacked and everybody’s information is stolen, the tenant’s information won’t be there and therefore cannot get stolen.Look at the agreement documents the platform forces you/tenant to sign.

Also consider putting the property in an LLC for asset protection.

If you are concerned about protecting principal and the next downturn hits, you will want to confine yourself to these types of loans.

If the goal is for asset protection then you would want to form a LLC and subsidiaries if you have more properties.

Another point that I forgot to note, this will be a sales director position covering the midland area and surrounding regions, so I will be frequently traveling to midland for customer meetings and team meetings (2 times per month typically)! 

We've seen thousands of posts where people are looking to get out of their job and away from people, bosses, and customers and want real estate to be that way out. 

Currently, she has tenants living there for 2.5 years and they have not paid rent since March 2020, protected by the Oregon Eviction Moratorium.

I am guessing you don't have tons of capital, so you aren't really "protecting" anything with and LLC and all of that stuff. 

SCRA protections prevented bank and HOA from foreclosing.

But, we have worked for 4 years on honing our builds to beat or match entry level site built customs.