In my opinion there is no sucj thing as " no risk" simply becayse its the nature if the business.  

I'm sure it can be done, however its going to be a little more difficult than in a part of the country where SFH prices are naturally low.  

Every county has their own procedures and some seem to have purposely made them as difficult to navigate as possible.But don't get discouraged, once you figure it out and look up a couple of hundred probate cases, it will seem natural....

Also, naturally the age, condition, finishes and amenities (pool, fenced yard, etc.) are a factor that will cause the rent variation you're seeing. 

That way you can have the dish removed, get him to sign something.Also IN PERSON tell him that he can't be calling you when the men are already there to install things, everything needs to be approved by you before he calls any contractor or anything of that nature.

My natural instinct sends up red flags.

Clean the back of the carpet with a good bleach solution (don't get it on the fabric), clean the floor, and plan on putting your own vapor barrier over the floor at some point in the future (i.e some type of solid vinyl floating floor or similar).

 * * * In sum, I often tend to think about things along their natural continuums.  

Set some traps with poison, keep them filled all the time, mice problem will be solved.Did your pest guy find signs of mice, do you think your tenants may be looking for a way to justify breaking their lease for other reasons.IT is not unusual for tenants to fabricate problems prior to a planed midnight run.

(Hint: I as a lender do not pick the property tax rate, I can only pick how honest I am about it)When rates go up a quarter, on top of having lied to someone by a quarter, the natural path of least resistance is to attribute the full ~0.5% difference to rates going up.I typically qualify people 0.25%-0.375% higher than where rates are currently at for their particular scenario, and I show all my qualifying math, so my peeps going into contract right now currently think I'm a wizard because I'm mostly still honoring what I "quoted" or relatively close to it (I actually never "quote" people at the preapproval stage, I only qualify them, because quotes at the preapproval stage don't mean squat, but I get that when someone sees a number with a % next to it in a big spreadsheet with a bunch of math going on, they think it's a "quote").