Or at least have someone knowable tour the property with you.Yes the numbers look intoxicating.  

I'm touring houses next week with my realtor looking at potential live-in/rental ops.

I will usually coordinate a tour with my buyer and meet the team at a property that I have for sale or a current rehab project from another buyer.I work with a lot of long distance buyer's or new investor's and they appreciate the "full service" that I provide for them.

Go tour houses, talk with buyers and sellers and grow organically in your real estate career.

I like to take a "guided tour" approach to investing so you can see the entire forest, not just trees.Continued success,Marco Santarelli

Despite only owning the home for a year I figured it was better to rent for a couple years instead of taking a huge loss, especially since we will end up moving back to the same area after this overseas tour.

Tour contractor is a dummy.  

Ask them how many properties they've "toured inside" so far?

I did my tour of duty.

We basically charge one-month's rent for our leasing service (we have a tiered price structure, so pricing changes slightly based on the rental amount of the property).The services we provide in exchange for our leasing fee include helping the homeowner prepare the property for market (suggesting neede repairs, painting, etc), marketing the property (taking photographs or hiring a professional photographer, putting together a compelling Craigslist ad), holding property tours, screening applicants, putting together the lease agreement, and moving in the new tenants.For additional fees, we will help homeowners register their rental units with the DC government.Rents in DC are really high so providing leasing services can be pretty profitable assuming you can generate enough business.Hope this helps,Rob