In these instances, you'd have to check things like flooring, plumbing for leaks, roof for leaks, hot water heater, and heating and air conditioning units. 

It seems like towns could dictate if you can build an attached vs detached adu for instance. 

For instance I was seeing insane growth and development in pasco county, wesley chapel areas outside of tampa, and actually had a hell of a time finding industrial space in Bradenton FL, so at least on the commercial side of things from my limited experience there didn't seem to be a down turn or softening, so its so interesting to here your take on your local market there as well.  

So for instance for our lead organization & management, I clean the lists up in google sheets and then download as a .CSV file and upload into Airtable (google sheets on steroids) where its easier and cleaner to manage.I use Airtable to manage our raw leads data - I have a trigger set up, that whenever we change the status to "qualified", that lead will go into our CRM (Salesmate.io) where we track our contacts and deals.

I've heard of instances where I've seen the investor do well long-term and some where the investor has been able to build and sell or just hold and eventually sell if new developments are coming up in the surrounding area. 

In your instance of being an OOS landlord I’d look at placing a property manager until you can non-renew her.

If its because the home is old, that is more on you in that instance.

Hey Su -It's not true that prepayment penalties aren't allowed in Ohio in ALL instances - this varies based on lender and/or loan amount.

For instance here is a snippet I saw on crexi:Non-ContingentEarnest Money Deposit: Greater of $20,000 or 10% of the Purchase PriceMarketing Fee: 5% of the Winning Bid Amount, $20,000 minimum$10,000 Participation Deposit

For instance, in some cases, Preferred Equity may be the only viable option to avoid default under a first-lien mortgage.