We have a property about 45 min from Houston on Hwy 10.

Hi Conner, this is very common with MTRs.

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Congrats on your experience and welcome to the forums! 

The last thing you should do is try to turn this into a rental/ Not because that's not a good idea, in theory, but because you don't have the expertise or connections to do the rehab and will overpay and underperform on rent.

Henry great perspective on the container issues.. 

Quote from @Kaven Li: Is it reasonable to ask the PM to at least make a visit next time to brief the service provider on what the issue is, or is this technically outside of the scope of a usual PM's services?

If you want me to give you a quote, I'd need to know the address, 1st lien details (type of loan, balance, interest rate), credit score, income/DTI details, and target LTV (can go up to 80% CLTV on the 4plex). 

And last thing on this.

Even if not immediately then your son would owe it when he sells, so no advantage to this strategy.