Depending upon what all you pay, utility bills may swings a lot depending on the renters, so make a worst case assumption on that too.4) You are not considering the landlord tax deductions (property tax, mortgage int, insurance, and whole bunch of other expenses related to being a land lord), which will make the analysis look better.5) Do exit strategy analysis, It will be a good idea to run a long term analysis (over a 5yr period) considering possible home price variations and how you will fare if you have to get rid of the home in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 years, don't forget to include broker commission and seller related closing cost in that analysis.Just my 2 cents, good luck.

I’m leaning towards a variation of month to month after first year and lease renewal. 

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Trial and error.

This is a perfect example of Education via Trial and Error.

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Trial and Error. 

I imagine it is similar but with some variation on the law.