so...Again, lots of issues to work through when trying to use a single family into a "mini-dormitory."

I am concerned though about vacancies and potential issues with finding decent property management.

I’ve been reading up on it as I have a water bill issue from before I bought the house.

That's one of many options.Once we figured out that the issue for us was more the lack of cash flow and less about the investment(we knew what we were going to spend either way) we paid 90% cash and that solved that problem. 

One issue I've run into is that some collection agencies don't report tenants to the credit reporting agency, which is a huge missed opportunity.

Just cause it's new construction, don't expect it to not have issues.

From my understanding - paint last upto over 7 years if there is no lead issues.

Brown in her complaint complains of weekend issues and holiday issues.

Hey John,No issues with seeing where things are at.

Yes I have many clients who self manage from out of state as these areas have pretty much 0 late payments or tenant issues (my 4 unit going on no late payments for 5 years now).