The difference between an observer and a true investor is the actions they take towards their goals.

What is great about Pueblo gets hidden to the casual observer.

We are just going to observe.  

An observation; You say he is 45 days with first payment and closing was 60 days ago.

@Samuel Smith I would recommend researching states with similar growth and observe the housing market from when population counts started to increase.

Linda, your observation about the low ceilings is important.

That's not necessarily a red flag, but always makes me curious if there is an underlying challenge with the property.In general, I have observed that duplexes in Columbus are selling at 100% of potential monthly rents, so $2000 in total rent would work out to a rough value of $200k. 

(It was basically just several sales pitches.)Since this wasn't my first rodeo I was able to just observe, pick up a few nuggets and resist paying for anything. 

(Just my observations).  

Yearly inspection/ maintenance call inspection HUD does an annual inspection, my goal is to pass that inspection the 1st time, once I receive notice for the inspection, I schedule my own inspection with the tenant prior to HUD inspection, so we can address any issues before the inspectionlastly, when the tenant calls for any maintenance issue, I use the same handymen, they are trained to observe when they go into the house and make me aware of any potential / possibility of neglect of the property by the tenant.