My problem is how hard i worked to upgrade and dont want to turn it over to unknowns …have to remove emotion and just think of it as a house … even if the applicants can show high income his tax return as a 1099 is probably self-stated.Thanks all of you for taking the time to advise, you’re all in agreement.

Age unknown.

I do maintain several lines of credit, but I do not even consider conventional pretender lender institutions for financing.Your lack of knowledge and fear of the unknown is obviously preventing you from understanding that going to a bank to borrow money is not how most investors build real wealth.

Folks that have $100K (or here in CA maybe $500K or more) in cash to spend on a house don't want to buy a house sight-unseen (at least on the inside), take on title risk, endure endless sale postponements and cancellations, take on an unknown amount of repairs, deal with foreclosed-out occupants, etc and do all of that just to find out, once inside, that they don't like the floor plan or that the neighbor's dog barks endlessly at night (remember, there are no transfer disclosures in foreclosure auctions!). 

You will simpy be trading your known quantity for someone elses unknown quantity.  

Personally, I'd be concerned about someone grabbing a package off my porch if I were a tenant, and I wouldn't take "I'm the unknown landlord" for an answer.As such, I'd refrain from becoming a courier for previous tenant parcels.

This is a added screening tool.A term lease places a unknown person, or persons, in control of your property, M2M allows you to be in control and continue to screen tenants on a ongoing bases.

Consider it your buy and hold strategy for equities/bonds.The argument of unknown future tax rates will be mitigated since you will have both a Roth 401k and trad 401k.

Since it's just a hypothetical, things like age and condition of the systems (HVAC, electrical, etc.) is unknown. 

Very expensive unknowns are killing us.