When I asked the PM, he said the tenant has been difficult when scheduling the repairs.

finding and analyzing deals should be at the top of your list of things to learn when starting out!

If you sold this property would you buy something in Arizona or would you continue to look for properties out of state? 

we use madison management out of reno nv

As opposed to someone that works a year or less at each job or even moves state to state often. 

Talk this over with a lawyer because under current state law, you will not be able to evict due to the cold.

Part of the motivation for congress writing Dodd Frank was to clamp down on the investors offering preditory terms re  rent to own and seller financing and that view has carried into craigslist rent to own adds and you say zillow. 

The houses are just a commodity. 

Its when all of the work is performed and you are literally prone to lose everything. 

They probably want to be certain YOU are legit.Most of the scams I've seen are by non-owners.