The person might easily get rattled, not knowing if they're supposed to be the landlord, the employer, the reference, etc.

The tenant can easily be 2 months behind and the seller will conveniently forget to let you know.

I think you should always have rooms as a weekly or MTM thing so you can kick them out easily.

. :)I don't think it's a stretch to say I could easily find dumb people who own $500K houses in MO.

Cigarette burns occur easily and it can stain.

Your neighbor could turn you in, an attorney, a Realtor, maybe your barber if you didn't tip enough...LOL The information they need is easily found.

So, I easily knew what I could get back out before I ever made an offer on the thing.  

If you higher a property manager factor in repairs, vacancy and management costs, so it might not make sense.If you self manage you would get most of that cover in taxes, you have an easily liquid portfolio at piece meal and you get appreciation.

And in hindsight, we could have probably easily gotten $1,200.We did use a contractor and didn't do the work ourselves.  

It has the advantage of not being easily damaged like the more common vinyl siding used by most skirting contractors.