As you said the lease was signed until September 2024, so according to what was written in the post the tenants are responsible to pay rent until than.  

Your husband does not qualify for REPS anyway, but you do not need REPS to benefit from the so-called STR loophole.More importantly, STRs typically create large tax losses in the first year only.Most importantly, taxes are never a good reason to choose a poorly performing investment, IMHO.Read this post: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1122635-the-s... 

The recommendation here is to always get prequalified (it's free to do) and that will prevent us from losing money when we make offers.Check out this post I wrote on finding good lenders HERE. 

Originally posted by @Marcia Maynard:Uncollected late fees for over a year!  

I'd like to follow this post.

Some ideas: posting on forums; reach out to your network; college campuses; business relocation sites; and yes, social media :) Use a good screening procedure to weed out unqualified applicants.

Couple, he's a post-doc (low income, but verified 6 mos rent in savings).

His question was about areas to avoid, which was a little more specific than many similar posts asking about neighborhoods. 

@Mark Wurtemberg As a number's guy, I really appreciate you posting some real life income and expenses. 

I'll post updates as we go.