There might be some comfort, as on my MLS system, the REALLIST system for us agents says:Land Use - County:Apartment 2-8 UnitsLand Use - CoreLogic:ApartmentI wonder if your title companies search can clear that up, or a trip to City Hall, zoning department or assessor's department?

Consider having them get an IRS Tax Transcript.Here’s what is visible on the new tax transcript:Last four digits of any SSN listed on the transcript: XXX-XX-1234Last four digits of any EIN listed on the transcript: XX-XXX1234Last four digits of any account or telephone numberFirst four characters of the last name for any individual (first three characters if the last name has only four letters)First four characters of a business nameFirst six characters of the street address, including spacesAll money amounts, including wage and income, balance due, interest and penalties

Enjoy your trip to Australia.

They can be canceled by the tenant at any point as well.Money Orders/Cashiers Check: These are considered safer than personal checks because you need to use verified funds to purchase them, however, although it's harder they can still be canceled before you deposit them and they are a burden for the tenant to get and for you to electronically deposit through most bank apps, which means you have to take a trip to the bank.

No more trips to a PO box or waiting a week for online payments to clear.

Proximity to the lake, an easy trip downtown and the potential tie in to E 185th district are all positives for the area.

First priority is to get rent without any repeated action required by you (no going to the mail box and wondering if rent is there or worse going by the property to pickup rent and wondering if the tenant will be there to pay). 2nd priority is to get rent without any repeated action required by tenant (money leaves the tenant's bank account automatically each month - no trips to the bank, no dropping the check in the mail, no remembering to log on and click send).

They want to purchase the property and use it for daily field trips for the special ed classes for independent living skills.

I love not having to ask "the boss" if I can take a vacation or go on a school field trip with my kids.   

I would spend 6 hours per weekday (75%) of the trip to meet real estate agent and check out houses there.According to this tax planning strategy, I believe I will have rental loss (if I did bought the house and hire a property manager to manage that place) because I think the cost of airfare and hotel (land exploration expense), utilities (USA internet for research), and meals will be greater than the profit from the rental real estate investment that I bought.