How often do you check your rentals for maint. and lease violatio

[Tom R.]

My first tenant is coming up on the one month mark. I haven't been in the house or talked to my tenant since she moved in. I want to make sure she is taking care of my house and following my rules but I also don't want to be one of those landlords that is constantly bugging the tenants. We had one of those landlords when I was a kid and we moved out within a year. Of coarse I would mainly be looking for maintenance issues but also be on the look out for violations. How often do you do inspections?  What do you look for?