@John Bertolon, this is one of the many challenges with being a landlord: your tenants have an expectation that you will provide them a safe and nice place to live.  

It felt pretty safe.

It's important not to live there during this time, even if a family member is renting it. 2 years is a safe harbor.

We have been playing it safe but really would like to start investing in Rental properties as another source of passive income and to start building for our children.  

Every unit is safe and would pass inspection, I'm just getting screwed by government red tape..

House in both are very safe.

Just pick areas that have the best schools you can afford that will keep you safe.. you go just for cash flow you will end up with Trash flow..

I call class "D" impoverished areas.Class F - if there is such a thing, would be housing that is not safe to rent to any type of people. 

I like to provide safe and family friendly housing.I used their "last months" deposit for September as this is considered their last month after being served the notice. 

When I have a direct booking website, I will check into that business.I also operate 1 MTR and RentRedi collects a photo of the ID with the person also physically in the photo and then Stripe verifies the biometrics’ authenticity.