But I'm leery about buying out of state just because I'm not on the ground to intervene...

If it does, and you need to have a licensed contractor do it, the town might intervene.

Police intervened and they are both okay.

Having done a couple locally, it's so important to put eyeballs on what they're doing and intervene I'd suggest planning to go visit and visit often or take time off to stay there while they're doing it.  

My take is that the far left genuinely believes that the majority of what businesses do is evil and that government can intervene to repair this reality while the far right genuinely believes that much of what government does is evil and that the free market consistently yields the best outcomes. 

@Chris GeerWe were originally scheduled to be re-roofed within a few weeks, but the weather intervened. 

My family, my wife's family, my friends kept telling me I was crazy and at many points tried to intervene. 

If you don't have a lease, there's some question as to what you actually have...it might be worth contacting the Housing office in your city to intervene.3. 

You do take a risk of being reported (unhappy tenant, neighbor) to the city and the city can have quite a bit of leeway to intervene (fines, make you tear out your new kitchen, etc.).

Enable your tenants for success and minimize your need to intervene.