In your shoes I would ask the seller what she wants in terms of income and work backwards from that.

If it were that easy to stroll into a town and make a mint off government employees, I'm sure someone else already figured it out decades ago.

You already have 2 months, so if I were in your shoes, I'd advertise it ASAP, and only do open houses (our investment properties are also 40 mins away)  on Saturday and Sunday,  so it minimizes your time and gives potential tenants options.     

It's easy for people with good credit and experience to give the easy answer, but please be in my shoes for a second.

I'm not a lawyer and this is not legal advice, but I wouldn't want to be standing  before a judge in that person's shoes! 

I used to work at CB so I was in your shoes about 7 years ago myself and now have 92 units

If I were in your shoes, I would focus on getting ride of debt first.

In reality, you really need to put yourself in your fellow man, or woman's shoes, and treat them like you would want to be treated.Here is how I  would approach this.Hi I am monkey.

Most everyone on this site were or are in your shoes at one point or abother.

Holding this property is definatly not something I would plan on doing for very long in your shoes.