It definitely gets a little tricker with kids but it's worth it. 

Honestly if you are never planning on moving back to the house (or the area), you are not going to cash flow especially after you add in insurance, repairs and maintenance (assuming property taxes are part of your mortgage).You have a friend willing to buy it off market-double check fair market value and sell it to them.

The tax savings alone are worth more than $4k in rent every month.

(any way to filter this besides checking GIS Maps one by one?)

Sorry for the slowness in getting back to you two, was checking around with some other folks on some structure ideas.

If you bought $1,000 worth of tile and paid your friend $500 to install it, you spent $1,500 for a tile job.2.

Always make sure you check your state laws, as well as the Landlord Tenant Laws of your State and you should do okay.Nancy Neville

Check with your agent to make sure they are licensed to write with RLI in the state where you reside. 

If you're managing a couple of long term homes or units you should check out Buildium.

Delta makes a couple of low-flow (WaterSense certified models), but you need to check the model number as they also sell 2-2.5gpm models that look pretty much the same.