Lastly, would the neighbors purchase to keep you from putting an "undesirable" business next door?

In addition - for our brand, we're developing technology in-house that allows us to screen renters based on a number of factors that keeps undesirable guests out (or less likely to sneak in) reducing overall cost-of-ownership. 

And I strongly suspect that Tenant Alpha ALREADY let his brothers move in a few months ago, without first getting our permission and approval of the new occupants, which may be why they stopped paying rent at the other place.CURRENT QUESTIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS: This house will remain a long-term rental buy-and-hold, and since there are a lot of things that make these tenants undesirable to most landlords and lenders, I believe they likely won’t be able to find anyone else willing to sell or rent them a place … which means they’ll likely stick around long-term and pay timely.

The undesirable aspects is the work that needs to go into it, and perhaps the location since its in what you'll consider a remote area.

Our purchase contracts always contain a clause where we deduct 2-mths rent from the purchase price for any units that become vacant prior to Close ... the purpose of this is to keep the vender motivated to keep the building full.To avoid receiving several units of undesirable tenants, we also insist that all new tenants be subject to our application and screening process ... we even offer to assist the vender in securing new tenants.

We’re getting rid of the undesirable tenants who aren’t paying or who are participating in illegal activities.

This can produce added benefits for the landlord; the longer the term can translate into a happier tenant, which has many positive benefits, such as a better payer and the property receiving better treatment.Are you concerned about being “stuck” with an undesirable tenant?

Based on such a criteria you weed out most undesirable applicants.

The house is next to nothing at $10k, its a 2/1 1000sq. ft. and in a rather undesirable area of the city.

The key here is tenant screening and proactive cost management.Class C - Properties in undesirable areas with cash based tenants.