If you buy in the bad part of town, you will have issues attracting quality tenants.

If you could, recommend me a school in that area that you know is quality and reliable.

Even at 500/unit, I'd still be elated just to keep vacancy as close to nil - and I understand, that may not be the best route either because of the quality of tenant - yet, I've narrowed down a couple of Property Mgmt companies in the area that seem to be reputable, and have been the ones that the real estate agents recommended, too.  

I visited last year and will admit that a lot of the areas are "war zones" so to speak.  

We tried to minimize risk with renting to high quality military NCO/officer, good property managers, friendly neighbors for eyes on property, maintenance insurance, money in savings, and long term hold for time to gain the equity and have rents rise over time (which haven't actually risen as much as I'd thought).Sorry for the long note, but that is our single family rental  experience as a military member using VA loans from 2002 until now.Cheers!

I have been speaking to them otherwise after they returend home and they just want me to find a lawyer. 

It's called a casualty loss, and those rules got more complicated with the new tax bill, you'll need to speak with a CPA to find out how it'll fit your exact circumstances because generally the casualty loss deduction went away in 2018.

I can't speak for Hawaii, but in most jurisdictions it is NOT your neighbor's responsibility. 

Depends on Age and condition of the property, and quality of tenants.CapEx (10%) Until I have the property inspected to determine the current condition of all major components and appliances.  

Hello bigger pockets members,I am looking for a quality skip trace website to locate potential sellers on abandoned properties I find while driving for dollars. any suggestions?