This would reduce the risk of having to pay a mortgage payment with no income coming in.

REI today attracts a lot of people who really believe they can reduce all the business's problems and challenges to equations and algorithms.

Make sure the sales contract includes a contingency clause that allows you to use your own appraiser and also allows you to walk away and you get sent any fee that has not been earned including any deposit you made nor any penalty, if the appraisal comes in too low or does not support the sales price.One way to make more money is to offer the existing Tenants, if they have reliable history on their lease obligations, a "lease option" furnished by you. 

NEWS: I just got the fee reduced to $55 per player now.

To reduce your risk down and own you need 15 to 20 or more of these if you are aiming to quit your job and living off real estate investments  and they will all have different addresses.They will probably cost more than you think it will cost to do a turnover.

We aren't looking to create a ton more work for ourselves, just wondering if there are some low effort things we can do to make them more financially stable (which reduces our risk as landlords). 

The news has featured stories about restaurant customers facing longer wait times and restaurants reducing hours. 

At the 7 year mark the original gain is reduced by 15%.

Not only does that reduce energy costs, maintenance is also drastically reduced.

It's not a guarantee but will greatly reduce risk.