I tend to stay in my lending and financing lane lol Hi ClaytonMany thanks for the kind offer, Since this is a rental property, my living home insurance(which is way less even though my living home is value about twice the rental property) does not cover landlord insurance. 

Quote from @Nedim Tokman: Hi Stephanie, I hope you are enjoying the holiday season.

Split the $20 to buy yourself lunch and dinnerIf you are on the road, daily per-diem should cover a lot of your day to date living costs.If they send you on the road, you can potentially airbnb your house.Best of luck!

Hey @Jerry Nogueras - I was in your shoes too, born in NYC, and lived between there and Long Island. 

. --- They will offer to fix them in exchange for lower rent, but ask yourself, if the tenant has been living there for 25 years, why isn't everything fixed already?

Both of those websites charge the tenants more than $25 and we require all adults living in our units to pay and fill out an application. 

Years ago I had posted about Shared living.

Too bad you can't buy something owner-occupied, put 5% down with the best interest rate, live in it for 12 months (and fix it up), rent it out and repeat the cycle.Here's some other info you might find useful:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

I have no reason to stay in Gilbert, other than it's where my family lives currently, so it's nice to be close. 

When your tenant stops paying and communicating, who will knock on the door to see if they still live there?