There are any number of steps you could take to alleviate that, but I would refrain from giving you these steps as any one of them may be modified by local rules.

However, I would hire a property manger so that you alleviate alot of tenant head aches..

Perhaps at an unknown point in the future when I have progressed further in establishing a size-able portfolio of SFRs, I could explore the option of cashing out some or all of my portfolio to purchase a much larger multi-family property to alleviate the management overhead.I will be posting a topic in the Starting Out forums in the near future detailing my current approach and I will link it to this thread.

I took on this project as a way to alleviate their stress and bring their parents home back to life.

I’m glad to hear that it makes me believe I’m on a sensible path about alleviating bank loans if possible @Steve Vaughan

As a (no so rich just yet) investor myself, I want to believe these individuals losing their homes had multiple opportunities to alleviate their situation. 

At some point, we are going to scale up and higher PMs in order to alleviate us from this step in the future.

I guess as long as I add that cost into an expense for flip, it can alleviate unwanted headaches even if nothing were ever to happen.

While a good PM won't make REI passive for you, it will alleviate a lot of the "dirty work" (filling units, collecting rent, etc.).

Any actual damage can be charged and fixed right away, and it really does alleviate a lot of potential damages as well.