Use the same one every time and I assure you it will get much smoother with every transaction.

We've been using Assurant for the past couple of years.

I wish you could visit Davao City one of these days and see why it's considered as one of the retirement havens in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.

Ability to trade out of the property or use a timeshare network so I could visit somewhere else.

You need to be sure that all bonding is in place (this assures completion of the infrastructure should the the developer be unable to do so for any reason).

The roof lines and wall layout look like it's not.I absolutely recommend you have a structural engineer make a visit to examine the case. 

You're right....we were back there in 2011 & 2012 visiting family.My 1st home (1968) on Nth Tce Nth Adelaide sold a couple of years ago for a LOT & most of the front yard was gone due to road widening.Our large home in the Seacliff area was been torn down & 5 town homes were built in its place.

What is not common is these investors had purchased properties that were sold to them as turn key, cash flowing properties that they paid market+ prices for and when we visited these properties they were actually "shell properties" worth a couple thousand dollars.

How can I, or anyone be assured that the tenants are responsible?  

If the houses are on the same block you get the contractor to visit one and use that quote for the both of them.