We repaired the mortar on our walls facing the outside. 

I currently use RentWell for my properties outside the city in Delco and have been very pleased. 

My gut feeling is that something like this could be great to have in an attraction-dense area for a luxury STR, but it's usefulness would be diminished going outside of that specific use case.

The outside of the property is brick.

Most are outside city limits and no HOAs.

It occured to me though (and I'll be asking this as well), if I personally guarantee the loan outside of the IRA, or does that breach the personal-benefit requirements for self-directeds. 

Then reinvest the cash in a few smaller houses outside the city proper, buy a multifamily, or invest in a syndication. 

Generally any periodic inspection will just be to the outside, rather than disturbing the tenants and if you have friends and family in the area, you could just have them check it out for you, letting them know what to look for. 

Hey Community,I currently own a triplex in a bedroom community outside of Des Moines, Iowa.

They do debt and equity placement and often have offices outside of the major cities.