Most places should rent, but the issue comes down to marketing and pricing the midterm rental.

@Mauricio SandovalI was getting extremely high insurance quotes for our properties in Ohio, then I realized after reading forums on BP that you have to ask them to quote you on Actual Cash Value, not rebuild cost (which are extremely inflated during these times of supply issues).

I can also share the local contacts I have made in the past decade for all the services you will need if you decide to pull the trigger ie: Notary, CPA, Real Estate law firms, photographers, property managers, financing, developers, etc. 

I would then follow up with the upstairs tenant and let them know that I had issued the offending tenant a written warning about the behavior.

Most are fine with that, but a few will have problems with it and claim there are legal issues, etc..

Most of the lenders I work with don't even issue LOIs as they are meaningless. 

My screening criteria are out of date, and the laws have changed quite a bit since I last used them, but I'm also curious to learn what others include.

I have a year to continue to try contacting the owner for a purchase -- I could even get myself to Ohio and knock on their door and force the issue! 

Check local laws to see what you can do.

I would also review the lease terms about visitors if there are any or what the state laws say about that.