Even those who lost their homes through foreclosure or short sales still needed a place to live and desired to stay in the same general areas so they became renters.It is important to consider how the industry/business sectors which employ your target tenant pool are likely to perform during a downturn.

You can also ask the seller of your target replacement property to accept the note as part of the consideration/payment for your replacement property, but most sellers will not touch a third-party note. 

We might possibly purchase a third rental.

At least then I still have control over pulling my capital out if I don't like the performance.  

I will view the interior of the leased unit when we perform the inspection. 

Is anyone aware of an option to just have someone schedule and perform viewings as required?

Price per acre is good compared to farm land in the U.S. and the return on your investment of $32,500 down payment is probably a better return than some of your mutual funds have performed over a 10 year period.

In other words, a lot of calculations must be performed and compared. 

When my girlfriend and I were looking for our house hack property, we just performed the calculations as though we were paying market rate rent on the unit we'll be occupying.I wouldn't be too worried about what the other places nearby are going for if none of them have a comparable out dwelling.

At that point, offer a new lower price somewhere between the original accepted off and the cost of the repairs with those repairs in mind and be willing to not require those repairs to be performed and still take it as is.