My local lender I use in Memphis is very familiar with lending to foreigners with hard money!

If this property can cash flow and pull the money you invested out (or at least the large majority of it) I would lean in that direction. 

@Eric Kahn Gale if the pipes aren't having pressure issues I would not spend any of your money replacing them!

Then MAYBE you'll make some money, but probably not until year two, at least.

If they give you approval that interest must be returned to the tenant as you are just holding "their" money.

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And then she had money to send. 

He has been a great tenant which is why I do not want to “kick him out” just to get more money from someone else. 

Because the cosigner is not responsible for mowing the lawn or reporting maintenance issues, they have no rights to the rental, and I don't want to communicate with them about anything but the money. 

You will then have a few options with that rent money....you can put it into principal or you can start saving it to purchase yet another property.