If you hire someone to do your landscape - mowing the lawn, prune trees etc... on a monthly basis, you might want to drop by once every 2-3 months to make sure the lawn maintenance work is satisfactory.I suggest you personally go change the air conditioning filter every 30-45 days.These two combined should give you a good excuse to stop in to inspect your property without them feeling like you are watching them.Add to that the occasional need to go pick up mail (in case not everything is forwarded or changed), as well as actual repair work...you have plenty of opportunity to go inside without any specifically scheduled "inspections".I tell all my tenants up front I will come by every month to change AC filters, bleach the condensate line, throw some ice and lemon peels into the disposer.

Pay special attention to what the lease rate starts at and how it rises over the years.People have this fantasy sometimes about the food business but it rarely matches up to reality.Hope it helps.

They rarely go into any strategy...what perimeters do you think they use?

In fact, rarely do I look at a rented house.

It's a combination of cost, demand and also the required software to integrate.

@Will Barnard It is extremely rare to have a release of EM to a seller in Texas prior to closing.

http://shop.illinoisrealtor.org/catalog/pre-license/broker-option-1-75-hour-pre-license-topics-home-studyThis is what I was leaning towards and then combining that with the 15 hour education that is often offered in a Saturday/Sunday format. 

I refinanced it Jan of this year and combined a loan I took out to completely fix it up.

You can either find private financing options or in a rare almost UN-heard of scenario a portfolio lender might consider it.  

This is a combination of the climate, condition of the property, and the quality of the property manager. • Stable or growing job market - Rental property profitability is dependent on a stable job market.