ALWAYS verify info on an application.....newsflash....tenants lie.......Best hope is that you can nullify the lease based on false info.....you may have a professional deadbeat on your hands....good luck....get a lawyer.....

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Worst case you will get a first hand education from people that are actually doing deals in your area. 

I have a lot to learn about what it takes to own/manage property and would like to be a bit more "hands-on" at the beginning. 

There is no reason for you to hand the place over to someone else to do this.

Something that I can hand my framer guys and they can go to work.

I think that teaching Love and Logic Parenting classes over the past 8 years out of my office in Mesa, Arizona, has helped me learn how to have empathy for other's situations while still handing their problems back to them in a loving way and being a support to them as they work through those problems rather than rescuing them from those problems.  

I’m trying to stay remote to this area because it’s my first investment and I want to be as hands on as possible.

Note: a Mortgage Credit Report will pick up dirt that those worthless "Online" consumer fico score reports won't show.Depending on how much of a Credit Criminal you have on your hands, in addition to a substantial "refundable deposit ask for 1st month's and last 2 month's rent up front (note: need to open an escrow account to deposit the rent payments and deposit collected)Write lease with an "EPD"  (Early Payment Discount), meaning if they ensure that you receive the monthly payment BEFORE the 1st day of the month, the rent is discounted $50, $100, $300 or whatever, depending on if you are leasing out a $50k home or a $3,000,000 home.And the very first time the rent is 5 days late, hire an evection company to go post an eviction notice to start the process and/or show them you are not playing and they will likely ensure you receive the rest of the rents on time after thatAnd I could go on and on listing things to do, but these are a few good ones  

Maybe there's a guy who is flipping houses that you can learn from or a buy and hold gal that could use a hand.