The rent is competitive with the local (neighborhood) rentals and the location is convenient to Bellingham where the jobs are... 

I understand sellers will conveniently show low expenses, I look at expenses with a critical eye and not naivety. 2.

The process signing the purchase contracts when I bought the property was incredibly convenient. 

It was a Hot day, so the beer cooler was also conveniently on the platform.

I'll soon probably be ok with being a little less frugal  and paying for some convenience; we'll see how this goes.  

@Adam SmithThink about it, the stereotypes don't lie.Millennials will pay for convenience. 

If the tenant fails to correct the situation, their account is shut off but the utilities revert back into your name so there is no risk of freezing a house or some other issue.I manage 340 units and the utility company notifies us any time a tenant starts an account, closes an account, or gets behind on an account.That sounds like quite a complete, convenient service.

In most cases, if not all cases, people who own a personal residence who then rent it out do it usually out of convenience instead of logic.  

play the scenarios to see what’s more convenient for you.

If their simply visiting grandma who had her kidney removed and is in a private room fully stable and it was just a convenient vising time for the renter, then I may decline.