Any property that has a claim will be tough to get through escrow.  

Think about it—some of these self-proclaimed "successful" individuals, who claim they’re too busy crushing it in real estate, somehow find the time to nitpick, bicker, and post childish rants about something that clearly provides value.

They claim these are B markets and I saw someone in Reddit mention Lubbock Texas which has mixed neighborhood scores.

Second, what priority does your lender's claim to rents have? 

Assuming your property is in Utah (like your profile indicates), here's the state law from a basic internet search:In Utah, a tenant who abandons a rental property without notice is liable for the lesser of the following: The rent remaining on the leaseThe rent plus the difference between the fair rental value and the agreed-upon rentThe cost to restore the property to its original conditionThe landlord can also remove the tenant's belongings and sell them if the tenant doesn't claim them within a reasonable time.

., lighting, HVAC, or carpeting), they can claim a deduction for the remaining undepreciated value of those items.

Agree with Mitch that if you are going to act, would definitely recommend getting in and getting going so you can claim grandfather status when regulations go into effect. 

"Managing" on a listing platform is not going to pass the IRS sniff test and good tax preparer will not let you claim active to get extra write offs.

For example, it's difficult to appease a situation if 1 tenant claims they're using less electric/gas than another. 

Don't trust what ANYONE tells you about a market without solid data to back it up - this includes claims about how many transactions they've done or a single example (that's often from several years ago).