What's the risk or cost to you if you face an eviction or a bad tenant because you used basic screening techniques? 

@Colin Ford recommend getting experience with your RI duplex before going OOS.You should DIY manage the unit next door, so you LEARN about property management, the goog, the bad and the ugly.Then you'll be so much better prepared to invest OOS!

For STRs, material participation rules apply, and STR income is treated as non-passive, allowing losses to offset active income.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

Is it okay to file an extension or a bad idea? 

I felt bad for him, kinda like Jesse from breaking bad tbh.

If the group is a private group, it is treated like a private email I believe.

In terms of distance I will be about half hour away so not bad at all.

I don't lend on bad deals. 

My contractor mentioned he might've left them since he felt bad about up and leaving the job. 

It's not a bad strategy, especially if you live in a lower-priced area with a good rent-to-purchase price ratio.