My insurance agent found two others but both required an automatic water turn off at the main valve but it’s physically impossible to put one there.

I'm ready to start looking for self storage opportunities, mainly in SC, NC, GA, FL and TX.

The main tips:- Get it appraised. 

It's definitely much more challenging to have the house inspected with all of their stuff around, but they should be able to still look at the main things (foundation, HVAC, electrical panel, hotwater heater, roof, etc.). 

I'm based the Seattle area but mainly invest in Midwest markets.

Our neighbors in Maine have not paid their taxes in a few years.

She is really a good tenant, and if she doesn't want to add her new boyfriend as occupant, I'm not sure I want to stress the situation since rent is being paid and place not being destroyed.Anyway, the main issue is how should the return of deposit be handled so appreciate thoughts....

What was your main reason?  

Reason why I mention this is FHA has a guide line that requires the primary owner to live in the "Main" house or occupy the larger GLA.

Basically, you want to split your real estate investment metrics into two main categories: 1) pre-tax returns, which cover unlevered IRR and levered IRR, and 2) after-tax returns.