Ask them questions on what they ultimately need to make the move - is it time?

I have almost 50% equity on my current home and have opened HELOC line on it just before rates skyrocketed, just to have a back up cash for emergency purposes.

Can you provide more details on what the property is like?

Any insight on this front?

But if a tenant defaults they have a right for due process to contest the eviction.We see people try and do this with having a borrower on seller finance sign the deed back over to the lender and if they miss a payment the lender can record the deed back into their name.

It generally depends on the market.

Most list on Street Easy. 

I would like to be able to occupy the property for 1 week every 4-6 months, which they agree to (with enough notice on dates) as they have to travel for work at times and could easily vacate during these periods.Has anyone written this sort of agreement into a lease?

Since you're focusing on Worcester, try pulling up some local property listings and practice running the numbers on them.

Should I be visiting, asking neighbors questions, getting a feel for the neighborhood and home (in person rather than just off of online research) before buying or making offers?