This of course all depends on the location of the property.

Maybe it's our location.

It's a good location but the numbers are not going to work for me, if I have to replace the roof in a few years.

Thanks for the Info, for me unfortationally  all my properties are located in the largest county Jefferson County and they love to put out of state big investor companies so they can put the extra money in their account and if you get behind on the propert taxes 1 year they require that you pay the overbid interest amount AND THE NEXT PROPERTY TAX BILL TO REDEEM,That's a big hard ship on the common resident to come up with 2 years of property taxes and Over Bid plus 12% interest dailyBlessings to All

Were you able to locate reasonably priced medical insurance?

When you say underfloor, are you referring to your HVAC system located in a crawlspace? 

First thing you need to do is locate a copy of your state landlord tenant regulations.

I believe these processes also depend on the location and whether the state and place is in judicial or non-judicial territory. 

Evictions (for cause or for no cause) are are swift in my location.

However, I believe in most states if you can locate his bank account that there's an avenue.