This does make you less competitive though...I had two identical offers on price, but one asked for higher commission...You can guess which one was picked.

Many managers still request it however a service animal is identical to a wheel chair and law strictly prohibits the enforcement of verification.

The other side of our duplex rents out pretty much yearly and it's identical to ours (a 3/1).

The identical building with a few minor updates next door goes for $700 a month rent (and is full), so I'm pretty sure the rent is reasonable to expect.

I am skeptical about any claims of being totally sure your identity can never be obtained or no liability claims. 

Vassar, Marist, and the Culinary are all in Poughkeepsie, so I am hoping in the right area, there would be students/faculty/etc who would like to rent.

We have a rental in the same neighborhood that is almost identical, except our home does not have a one car garage like this one does.  

It might come down to how good your own negotiating skills are (in giving the seller as much personal detail about the buyer that you can without overstepping privacy boundaries or letting them know the ACTUAL end-buyers identity) so that the seller WILL let you be the signatory, "or Assignee" come closing day.  

Sometimes REO locks use identical keys from one to the next because the property preservation guys / field service guys have it easier that way ...

I opened an LLC in Arkansas, because it is easier for me, and I am not famous enough nor risky enough to hide my identity.