@Adam Widder If you want to be an investor and do not want to wait 2 or more years to start from the day you get back then you should also be concerned with your type of employment. 

God will be the least of your concerns if your bank finds out.

I was pretty much the same situation as you are in, except i did not think quick enough about the additional pre-close negotiations mentioned above.In my case time after closing i dove in to set expectations and address/remediate all concerns from the previous landlord, and since then i haven't had any troubles.Thank you for the post!

I'm not concerned.

There are a lot of good training certifications for dogs out there now that could potentially help in easing concerns about a dog's destruction level.

@Ranga Ramanathan Property taxes are going to be a major concern for NW Chicago suburbs. 

In my opinion this is an extremely vague question that depends on the deal.

If you have any major concerns jumping out at you I'd be happy to walk through or chat about it further with you.  

I'm extremely interested in the entire real estate industry. 

I'm extremely thorough and would NEVER allow someone to move in with any pests.