We left our past residence in 2005, hired a property manager we trusted and moved away. We've had only 2 renters, both great, the latest has been in there for 6 years. We visited the house a little over a year ago...it looks as nice as when we left. At this point we intend to keep it rented. So far our property manager has been wonderful and never allowed anyone in any of his properties that caused damage. Even though the house is 1500 miles we are confident everything is ok. We don't intend to ever live in it again so we may indeed sell it.