Some strategies for low maintenance/repairs

[Matt Liu]

What are some ways to encourage and even incentivize a tenant to take good care of a freshly renovated rental unit? In the case of a SF home, it's already more likely they will feel ownership. But how can you go further?

Some ideas I thought of:
Tell them I have x-number of dollars budget for repairs. If they stay under that amount - I give them what's left over at the end of the year.
Tell them I will not raise the rent more than $10 a year as long as repairs stay under my budget.
Send them a nice apple pie for July 4th and something else nice on Christmas time.
Plant flowers in the front.

hmm.. any other ideas?