While many in the real estate community would frown on locking more equity into a deal then required for me it gave me extra breathing room if the market flipped and my cashflow on this property was $920 per month. 

Usually higher priced units eliminate a lot of the issues.

For some extra context, their lease expires in about 5 months, so this landlord transition happened midway through their leases. 

For C/C- neighborhoods you usually need to scale to 10+ doors; it's a numbers game. 

@Clarissa Zimmermann I usually direct my clients rent.app

I allow pets and charge a pet rent of $35 a month, its nice bit of extra money and pet owners tend to stay longer as tenants.

Requiring occupant to have renters insurance is another possibility for extra protection.

These logs regularly end up in the Tax Court and are usually destroyed upon review.

These areas usually strike a balance between affordability for investors and demand from tenants with vouchers.

You can put a mortgage into a "trust: without triggering a due on sale but again contacting your bank/lender is the best route to avoid any issues.Some banks/lenders or servicing companies change guidelines and even a trust may require other paperwork but the attorney usually facilitates that to be safe.