My husband and I are screening a tenant and I need some outside opinions.

I build new construction duplexs, althought at a much lower size then yours (1800-2450ft2).  

The quality of tenants can determined by properly screening potential tenants. 3.)

I have never had any issues with students trashing the units, by careful screening, I try and weed out any students that I believe would not take care of the place.If your area is zoned for it, maybe consider turning the basement into a separate unit.  

Learn how to screen a tenant, how to handle repair requests (and cordially say no when necessary).

Residential property on a street with similar lot sizes. 

Depending on the size of the deal that wholesale fee may be nice enough to just cut and run and play in your own backyard like Steve said.

Bad credit, low income, bad references, anything that fails your screening criteria.

MartinMy dad started in the land business in the Santa cruz mountains  Loch Lomond area in 1964.. bay area folks were buying lots for weekend homes.. ton of land in those hills. and if your lucky enough to score a mid size acreage with redwood you could log it as well and make a bunch.

Depending on the size of the building we would propose 5% to 7% of the monthly rent.