We've worked with Arno's Electric before and they did a good job for us.

So to break down the numbers in one line, from the Census Bureau link, the City of South Bend has a population of 101,516, a total of 46,324 housing units (as of the year 2010) of which 18,530 are rentals with a median gross rent of $711.00.As far as the economic profile, since all those tenants need a job so that they can pay the rent :) here is a cut and paste summary of the area by the St.

She had checked out good, job & credit wise, but had personal issues that you can't screen for.

Others will know better than I but I'd consider avoiding the property manager at first - They are expensive and rarely do a better job that a caring/motivated owner.  

I will not have any issue getting a job upon coming back to the states. 

the biggest issues are that the available tenant base drops dramatically around October and doesn't pick up again till the end of the school year.People are no different than animals in that regard.They want to be settled and hunkered down in a property before the school year and/or bad weather starts.Quality tenants with good financial backgrounds don't want to move their families in the middle of an icy,snowy winter for obvious reasons,and good college students have already started school in August.Many of the few available tenants will have questionable backgrounds like recent job loss,previous eviction,bad credit,difficult income verification and don't make 3 times the rent,criminal records,etc.   

My current job is not demanding nor is it labor intensive whatsoever.

I was recently given an end date for my current job (I'm a contract engineer so it happens).

The net migration to Nashville is positive and there are companies moving here and creating jobs.

If you pay a little more for location can you earn more in overtime or by performing better in your day job, or will it help you access your business markets and clients because of your house hack location?