What do you do to harden your rentals?

[David K.]

Going through this process now. First things that come to mind are exterior doors and roofs. Also making sure there's no holes in siding, porches and railings ares secured.  Anything else?

[Jon Reed]

@David K. That is a big question! 

My wife and I have a simple philosophy that serves us well, and it helps us answer the "should we renovate/update XX".

Would we be happy moving into our rental?

If the answer is no because of __(bank)___ then we need to improve that thing. 

As far as hardening against tenants... we just use nice quality materials that we would enjoy having in our own home. Then screening tenants is where we put a lot of effort into... because you can not 'harden' your property against a bad tenant.