2)  Give them space heaters, decent ones, not the tiny crappy ones, but ones that can potentially do the job.

I'm not in Toledo, but watch the sizes on the W/D if you put them in.Some are more single person oriented, and some for more people.If you rent to family, a tiny W/D will not be much of draw to rent the place.If your close in competition is offering W/D vs W/D hookups, you will most likely have to lower rent and be sure you are renting to someone who can afford a W/D (STACK).1) As to the vent, check local building code and follow it--it may not be possible or it may be possible.2) Water feed hoses have a service life--if you exceed that, they may break and pour A LOT of water onto the floor.3) To lessen the likelihood of dryer vent fires, the dryer vent will have a Service Schedule for lint clean out (at a minimum, what it says in the dryer manual).You might want to put these last two on to the renter as their responsibility, but that brings more risk than if you DIY.Good Luck!

For example, if I have an electrician, plumber and painter who work on my property and they each put in 100 hours per year for a total of 300 hours, I have to document that I've spent more than 300 hours in the year in order for me to qualify as the property manager in that tax year.There is apparently a remote tiny exception in the IRS tax code that allows me to spend only 100 hours per year, again providing no one else spends more than that working on my property.

WL may work in a tiny percentage of people and situations, but most of the time it heavily favors the insurance company....not you

Despite it being a small town I drove around this town quite a bit and for a tiny town it has a lot of activity.

I would try to find some tiny homes in your area or a small 1/1 home.

Our tiny little Idaho town implemented one as well.

Your profit comes back very fast in that case but it is VERY tiny. 

You can start with something small, like a tiny house or a small apartment.These are like your training wheels.

I found out that the current landlord is under renting the 3 separate tiny homes on one lot he owns, 1b1b each.