They do not have someone monitoring county records at all the counties in the country to see who is changing the title. 

Once you get a little experience and have learned a few things from using tenant cloud, etc... it may be easier to screen without paying extra fees, but that's just me, I like infrastructure when I'm new at something.  

For future years, we probably wouldn't meet the 500 hours test (though we still do participate a significant amount as we periodically re-stock supplies at the place, handle most maintenance issues due to shortage of workers in the town, and monitor sensors during guest stays - leak sensors/heat/stove).Specific Questions on Depreciation:Assuming that I have the qualifications for non-passive activity, I then have some questions on bonus depreciation and related stuff.5) It is my understanding that Qualified Improvement Property (QIP) bonus depreciation is probably not useful for me because I did most of the renovations prior to placing the property in-service (save for a few things).

They may be able to finance you at a low down payment if you have experience, reserves, and FICO as long as the 65% of the value can support the entire purchase price  I wasn't saying 0 down, but the concept of full return of capital. 15% land purchase cash. in columbus land is let's say 50k we build a triplex for 350k which is very close to 15%. small entitlements, reserves required, etc whatever lender asks for. multifamily sells for 200k per door in our market over 4 units, we are pushing the values up. first ones we are working on because of rezoning, etc but it's a full refinance on 6 month seasoning and do it again. that's the scenario that I was outlining. we do it in the urban core of Columbus where new construction trades at $325 a square foot or more for higher rents and higher equity. we could still put more units per parcel in columbus. these are all infill I hate Lehigh acres. overbuilt, no infrastructure, no commercial drivers or asset.

The retail is booming, the only downside IMO, is the infrastructure.

Lastly, set deadlines to monitor progress.Once you've established your achievable goals, the next step is to assemble a reliable team in your target market to support your success.

Anyone have thoughts on moving the two thermostats to the hallway, putting them on my phone for monitoring via wifi with a lock of of xx degrees, and including it in the rent?

You have to constantly monitor.

We currently use a simplisafe system to monitor the driveway to audit how many guests enter and if they bring pets.

ASK your housing authority how long the wait for the initial inspection will take.My experience has been that you need to monitor these tenants more closely than others.