Any help is appreciated.If you are not a resident i would advise against investing in the US as taxes and notably estate taxes are extremely prejudicial to foreign investors. 

I live in California so I am not able to monitor the health of the tree on a frequent basis.

And before anyone want's to cry "conspiracy" let me stop you right here and stop that whole pity party for what it is, a giant excuse!

We looked 2 years ago and everything in that budget range was not able to perform, even with us managing it ourselves.The ones that seem to do really well is in the 1m plus range.

@Roshan K. you should be able to pay it down when ever you want just like a giant credit card. 

Rent to cover vacancy during week of repairs.Yes, if you damaged the place and the landlord is not able to rent it out due to the damage.

too many saturday night guru tv shows with giant blurred out checks.Let alone the ARV and rehab and all that. 

This school district has one of the most desirable high school in the state.After 3 years of trying buy/hold rentals with largely turnkey providers from 2013 to 2016 - 9 turnkey SFR and one duplex, I wanted to scale without having to buy multifamily or creating a giant real estate machinery (rapid growth in # of units like many investors do).

You are not able to park where ever you want on someone else's land.

I asked for the picture of the unit afterward, and she always had excuse she's not able to send picture somehow from her phone.