We're just about ready to hire an attorney. 

Also, when it comes to negotiating the rent: - Should I ask for a phone call or virtual meeting to discuss the price?

Do it right, hire the right people, and make sure you have all of your permits correctly pulled.

You can make the determination by examining the mechanical systems yourself and finding out their age or hiring an inspector to evaluate the systems.

If you just hire the cheapest or first PMC you speak with and it turns into a bad experience, please don’t assume ALL PMC’s are bad and start trashing PMC’s in general.

I got a funny feeling all one has to do is make a campaign contribution or hire a specified crack-head to board of directors and like magic your a saint....   

for any number of reasons these students could lose the EM and or it could be stuck and they need to litigate to get it back  .. who is going to hire and attorney to litigate over a 1k EM.. 

Hopefully we get some better virtual furniture in listing pictures lol

From what I have heard, Dayton is a similar market, and you will ALWAYS save money by investing locally by not needing to hire a Property Manager (yet).

If I rent it out, I'll be hiring a property manager because I don't want to deal with trying to manage it from out of state.Some numbers:Purchased with 0% down VA loanPurchase Price: 189KMortgage: 172KRate: 2.25%4 Bed / 2.5 Bath~2400sq/ftBuilt in 1992Zillow Sales Estimate: 280KZillow Rent Estimate: 2,100/moRoof and AC are less than 10 years old.