Now the situation has occurred that we need to rent the house out in order to help pay for his long term care expenses. 

Is this pocket a value oriented area (most sq ft per dollar of rent) or will they care more about proximity to highways, retail, walkability?  

You’ll want to balance cash flow with tenant quality and appreciation potential.Finding Renters & Vacancy Rates – Property managers (PMs) will typically handle leasing, but you should vet them carefully.

Are there other more creative ways to start cash flowing in year one Be careful because federal mortgage fraud and going to jail is a real thing.

Be careful.

My assumption is that there are a lot of bad apples, and very few that actually care about the seller.

And banks dont care about our math projections and how hard do you want to work to prove your math projections..

Staging your house well can help you attract more attention from buyers, which ultimately helps it sell faster and maybe for a higher price than an unstaged home (see visual):What Are My Staging Options?

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