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He's very concerned the state could take it away and because this land was his parent's land, now his, and he wants it to become ours and later our son's, he's very concerned modern laws will stop this. 

Not sure what to think about this, should I be concerned?

I would really like to get a jump-start on my portfolio in Phoenix before I move there, and the timing seems right in both markets; however, my biggest concern is getting into a property that eventually needs my personal attention on-site, for whatever reason, and ends up being a bad deal.  

I would also be concerned about the friend's statement that the demand is high "this year".

The concern here is I try to keep my hassle free pay on time tenants.

The neighbors also report that the tenants are "really wild" (a neighbor's son hung out with them) and "stepped right off the Jerry Springer show," and they can't imagine these people will stick around for that long.I am concerned that the proper background checks were not done - am I within my rights to ask to see the paperwork for these checks that they claimed they do on all tenants?

I recommend you visit this site - https://www.hopb.co/nevada/ - and do a little research into what Nevada statutes say/define "reasonable" where fees like what you are being assessed are concerned.

To be honest and this might be silly, but my only real concern is that since the Server minimum wage in Colorado is over $7 that it might be a little harder to get a server job there than in NJ.