I wanted to post on this as I have seen it happen recently in various areas of the country. 

There is simply too much to learn about investing, too many easy but costly mistakes to make, to consider investing halfway across the country while learning the ins and outs. 

I have zero specific knowledge of this other than knowing someone who has a house with a video game addiction program out in the country where no one knows and no one cares....but my gut says you would have zero chance of doing this with a townhome lease because on top of every state, county, city and ward issue you will need to navigate, you have the homeowners association and very close neighbors who will raise holy hell.

Take sanity out of it and we have a desperate attempt to keep the country afloat. 

Your Money Vehicle by Jedidiah Collins, The Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collins (no relation lol), Retire Early with Real Estate by Chad Carson, Set for Life by Scott Trench, The Book on Rental Property Investing and The Book on Investing in Real Estate with no (and low) Money Down by Brandon Turner.

Monitor the situation, but until such time that they break their lease or break the law, there is no court in the country that will let you evict them.

Hi, not sure what part of the country you're in but I think it depends on the area.

I'll definitely write about my experience going down this path.   

The southeast is behind the rest of the country in the TOH model, but I believe we're moving that way eventually.

Pick your path