I wondered why the City of South Bend would hire an out of town company for the study until I looked at their national client list which includes over 450 reports for builders, developers, cities, non-profits, planners, investors, lenders, small companies and development subsidiaries of several Fortune 100 companies.You can read the report here https://www.southbendin.gov/sites/default/files/fi...The report is mainly about the residential market potential of downtown South Bend but the gist of it as it relates to your question is that on page 5 it states that approximately 60% of the households in the entire City of South Bend are owner occupied and 40% are tenant occupied.The US Census Bureau data confirms this with their latest data showing appx 59% owner occupants and 41% tenant occupied here:  https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/...

Without being too invasive, I think the only other option you might have is to see if any of the neighbors know anything.

We keep a smaller footprint so we can give better service!  

You then subtract what the estimated debt service would be - say $800.

I have seen that online with news services recently.

The weather can play havoc on your property in cold winter areas.You need to make sure the property has been winterized by having the heating,water heater,pipes,rain gutters,and the like are serviced for winter and fully inspected.Make sure you have a snow removal plan in place like the tenant has to do it or you pay someone to do it on a regular basis.

The purchase option will be a large downpayment, non-refundable option.

If you are thinking of becoming a part time agent to work with folks buying at "retail" price, you need to understand that they need your service and attention.

@Christopher FosterYou may consider going to wholesalers but keep in mind competition is stiff as well and a non-refundable EM is required in most instances.

But I also noticed that appliance companies have services that can be called if there is an appliance needs to be repaired. instance, GE has a service where you call them and they arrange for a vendor to check out what is wrong and repair it.