I assume they are on a lease which officially makes them tenants.P.S.:  Remove this. 

@Anthony Murphy PM's base their pricing on gross rent typically so they collect it, take their cut plus expenses and send you the rest.

You would obviously want a rainy day fund for expenses, but if you buy 3 units and someone rips one completely apart, you're ruined, versus buying 10 and the rest can support you as you fix the others.Here's the other positive few consider. 

The rest won't risk their credit and their homes long-term for an undisclosed period of short-term "free" rent.As has been discussed ad infinitum on this platform, your screening process should not allow for tenants with bad credit. 

I get that....but the rest? 

As others have said, CA can be seen as a leader, so for the rest of us, do everything you can to stop this! 

I will be returning home with a nice amount of money saved with the intention of investing it, however I will also need to get myself a car for obvious reasons. now my big dilemma is which route I should take to allow me the best start to my investing career, the way I see it these are my options.The numbers I will use are purely an example.Option A: I buy an older car outright for £5000 with no ongoing costs Option B: I pay a small deposit of £2000 on a new car and finance the rest at £300 a month for 48 months, owning the asset at the end.Option C: Lease a car for £350 a month with no upfront payment, and give the car back after 48 months and repeat. 

In either of those, the closest you get to "no money" is the concept of OPM which more or less is getting a mortgage for some and an investor for the rest so that you dont have any of YOUR money in the deal but likely still on the hook for that money if something goes wrong so do you REALLY have no money in the deal?

@Brandon Mitchell I work full-time as a GC in the Twin Cities and Minneapolis has a solid information database for properties within their official city limits.

Its not the end of the world if you cant officially market it as a 5th bedroom.