Or is it the ease of the claims process? 

It helped me a lot to ease the cleaning scheduling.

I will double check with my contact there, but the response that you guys have provided put me at ease.

The bathrooms show better when the prospective tenants can see the full tile surround and they can get their own tension style curtain rod and curtain.

So, my question to the community is: What steps should I take to verify the identity of the husband without causing undue tension or confrontation?

The combination of hot long summers (soil dries out) and lots of moisture in winter and spring (saturates the soil) causes the ground to constantly expand and contract.Out of state investors get freaked out by foundation issues but being that its such a normal occurrence, you have a plethora of foundation companies that know how to fix them with relative ease. 

I mainly stay in this area for ease of management.  

Your feedback make sense.1) I am in the North east so buying more doors is an arduous task so I don't plan to be a RE investor with many doors (because I won't have enough money).2) Other reason is that even if I somehow got another rental, chances of making positive cashflow given current prices/interest rates is remote (especially given I am not a seasoned RE investor).3) I don't have an urgent need for money.Given these three points, I don't know what passive profits would I apply my rental loss of $26K against...unless you can think of a way I can use this loss to ease my way into an additional rental.Else, I agree, I can hold onto the rental for as long as I need to and then sell and use the loss then.Thanks for the guidance!

You would be exactly correct - in 2009-2010 there was very little change to tourism in the area, and ease of access (and overall affordability of the region) seem to be obvious contributing factors. 

So why ease and risk, in all likelihood, a reaccelerating of the asset markets, most likely the stock market, and for sure the real estate market.