Also, they ONLY earn the credits if their rent for months 2-4 is paid on time. 

Short-term rentals may earn higher returns.

The city wants to tear the property and surrounding properties down Zillow said it’s worth 38000The city offer me 13000.I could use some adviceHard to give advice with limited information, but as a general rule, the longer you wait and the further down the line their project is the more valuable your property will be to them.Zillow (and all automatic online) estimates are very unreliable, so don't base on that.

Hi @Tyler Bolton I hope I can help clarify given I see a lot of muddled points of view on these matters online.  

The mortgage payment is $1,000 on each house, so you earn $500 per house or $2,000 monthly.

My recommendation would be to get approved as a Landlord, contact the director's office and request that an inspection be completed before a tenant is selected (sometimes they will do this as long as you select a tenant within 14 days - which you want anyways), and have an online application and screening resource in place.  

Quote from @Zach Howard: Quote from @Jonathan Greene: If you are looking at properties in the US only on Zillow, and not seeing them in person (I know you are in Hong Kong), this is just an effort in futility because you can't underwrite single-family or small multifamily deals only online.

Just make sure that anything that earn for this settlement is not subject to tax and if it is - allocate properly. 

They claim to market on dozens of online channels, and they seem to know the right amenities to feature, have great design, services, experiences etc.

I still get junk leads but that is to be expected on just about every online lead platform.