Regular Check-Ins: Conduct regular check-ins with your tenants to ensure everything is going smoothly and address any issues early on.While dealing with difficult tenants is never easy, taking clear, documented, and legal steps can help resolve the situation effectively.

This would be the same as when possession is set up for some time post-closing on a regular house.

For example - I would present the tenant two options:1)  Regular security deposit.2)  No deposit, but, tenant agrees to do two things:  Pay $100/month higher rent, and sign up for this service.I TOTALLY get the tenant screening issue, and that's a factor in me thinking about this - but the type of tenant I am looking at (this is a higher end property) is outside the income range for the lower level tenants who wouldn't qualify anyway. 

It is also possible to get a regular vanilla mortgage on a duplex, without hard money rates.I'm local to you. 

(Worry #6, anyone who actually visited the property would see neatly trimmed grass and plants, snow was shoveled, trash can has recent trash, there are cars with clean windows and obviously used regularly, there are cats in the windows, lights are on, looking through a window shows furniture, etc.

SW Cabot for the body, Snowbound for the trim, and Navy blue shutters.

@Austin Holmes looking into this more, I think all owners need to reside there but it’s a good question for the assessor, I think the discount applies as soon as you move in but only takes effect at the next tax bill (another good question for them), and I do know that it’s not supposed to continue if you move.Some people try to hide the fact that they move to keep the discount but if you get caught you’ll have to pay the regular non-OO tax plus interest and (I think) penalties.

The lack of that pompous attitude is what keeps a regular joe like myself and many others like me constantly logging in.

You will know when you have one with every  bone in your body.  

I've called a  couple of attorneys and no body seems to know how.