Try to set it up for 1 year with a extension clause to give you some time for your exit strategy just in case.

One 6-month extension is allowed, under the same terms (another 50% fee).  

Due to extensive renovations there was no rental income until January of 2014.I'm currently completing my (back) 2013 taxes.

I have a bunch of buyers who collectively have millions to invest, but I can't find anything to sell them either!

The ROI is HUGE if you know where and what to buy, who to put in and how to collect.

What are the best services out there to automate these processes?  I am building a new site and would like everything imbedded (or linked to) on the web page.  I would prefer to have services that integrate with quick...

We let the tenants work it out amongst themselves to reimburse the outgoing tenant for their share and to collect a new share from any incoming tenant.

I figured if the cost of prop tax, interest, insurance, and basic maintenance is equal to or less than what I’d pay in rent, then even I don’t collect any rent for a while, it’ll still be a wash financially.

I was like you said doing the numbers wrong and trying to collect $6k in the process. 

It is imperative to check the landlord-tenant laws for the jurisdiction of the rental property.We collect the security deposit upon signing of the lease/rental agreement and do the move-in condition property inspection report before we hand over the keys.