<prompt> Human: I live in an expensive area where buying a house is a dubious proposition. It looks like it could be possible for me to buy a close relatives house in another rural state, as she retiresdownsizes. A cousin has offered to rent andor be caretaker. Problems I see: house might have expensive repairs needed not having a primary residence, but a secondary one --- tax consequences? and loan consequences? family problem potential: drama potential, what if hes a bad tenant or moves in other people? its a big place. how crazy is this scheme? Cousin is in school part-time right now, and has a job that he should quit for health reasons. Im not sure what major to tell him to look into in farm country. Hes doing accounting and business administration or something, but apparently so is everybody else. edit: bonus if you have useful advice for the cousin  <response>: Long distance landlording and mixing money and family is a clusterf waiting to happen.Pass. 