The reason for the two phones is that one is work related which has the email app on for business/work emails, contacts, etc that the IT department gets to monitor even though I own the phone and the number.The other phone I use for personal apps and emails.  

In my day job, I monitor risk for the bank and handle troubled loan portfolios.  

A difficult thing to monitor, especially in a place like New Orleans.  

I think one of my father's main questions was regarding the tenant/potential purchaser's ability to build credit- is there a way to monitor that so the tenant can improve it? 

Well, in my opinion, the bank is legally obliged to monitor such transactions and to report them if necessary.

You are going to need someone local to monitor the situation otherwise the best you can do is terminate her at the end of the lease.This is one of hundreds of reasons why I highly recommend only having M2M leases.

In the initial lease lease you include an alarm system and monitoring......I bought a used one from SimplySafe and for the first year only I paid the $24.99/mo monitoring......2.

Property management is easily monitored and recordable3.

You need to be aware of what you're buying seeing it in person.I think you can make some decent money in Detroit because it's becoming revitalized, but you will likely be looking at more of a cash flow play than an appreciation play.The best investors in Detroit are the ones who have the ability to buy into the area because they have the influence to change the area.Dan Gilbert has invested in Detroit, and it's smart for him to do it, because he's literally buying blocks of downtown area, and actually buying his own security force (basically to double a police force) to monitor and control the crime in the areas he buys.If you are just buying one house in an area, you better go check it out.  

This garage currently has electricity running to it from the main house...and I need to separate it, as I will be using it for material/tool storage for myself.Utility company will not let us add another meter .I've called two utility monitoring company, but can't get them to call me back( too small I guess)I definitely want it separate from tenants electric , what have other done to achieve this?