If someone has not viewed your place you can simply call them and tell them it was rented.A few years back I had a tenant who viewed my place, wanted it but did not have any type of deposit They  would get back to me in a few days Needless to say a new tenant showed up gave a deposit and I rented to them.

I would say the largest issue is simply making sure you take account the differences finances and what you require of your tenants.

There's a lot of easy to spot evidence that it's simply not the case

I've considered Rent-to-Own but would like to simply get out of the business if possible.So i have a few questions:* is this just a phase for new investors?

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I had considered investing in Israel, but my financial and market situation is not congruent to be making those moves right now, I simply don't know the market in Israel the way I do in the US. 

She said she should find out in 2-3 days about her latest refi attempt.  

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Keep your money in the bank to bail yourself out if things don't go so well on the first few attempts. 

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