Since being abroad will make it harder to monitor or adjust if issues come up, I would recommend buying in a nicer area that's less prone to management headaches as well.

Also, the new gps tracking on the app is very useful.

All of our owners and tenants email inquiries and requests are tracked by us and monitored internally based on first response and final solution to any given request/inquiry.  

@Mike Griffin I’ve done both successfully, and it’s as similar to eating tasty meal or watching a great movieSend me a PM and we can chatThe short answer is that they both have pros and cons when it comes to type/strategy, temperament, funding, maintenance/monitoring, cash flow, returns, financing, exit, etc.Be Successful

Also today, two regional Fed officials warned that the economy, which entered a recession a year ago, faces a lengthy slump. ‘Protracted’ Slump There will be a “protracted period of poor performance†and policy makers should remain “vigilant†in monitoring risks to growth, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said in Michigan.

Maybe you should consider one of the thermostats that you can monitor via an app on your phone or at least have a programmable one installed so you know its getting turned down when nobody is at the property.

You should have installed monitoring cameras.

That is definitely something to monitor.

The Council indicated that the fee is the “first step” in a comprehensive monitoring of rental units city-wide & alluded to mandatory inspections by the city in the future, among other things.

If you have access to PACER or a BK court docket monitoring system, you can get a good idea of why the debtor's fell into BK and filed the Ch13.