Hi @Wendy Carbone!

It will be interesting to see how the city of Jackson implements this.

What investment strategy are you looking to implement in the market?

I think that painting it Neon yellow to fix your problem was a brilliant idea.Hi, yeah, thanks for the vote of confidence, I would have painted it hot pink with yellow polka dots but I time was of the essence and I went with the closest color that would go over the beige color of the house before I painted it, soooo the whole cost effective aspect thing was on my mind ;) however I did raise the  rent from the $600 to $800 which gave me an extra $2,400 dollars a year which paid for the new toilet ($70.00) and then some, I add a $50 yearly increase to my Sect 8 rental leases, this way the case worker who one must contact in order to implement an increase can reference the agreement and approve the $50.00 a month fee, in my experience the case workers don't like to give any rent increases if they are not in the original lease, a definite way to avoid a long drawn out battle of climbing the chain of command who really couldn't care less if you are the best landlord (not a slum lord) and discourage anyone who asks for an increase by forgotten return phone calls to outright indignant behavior, lies and so forth, Happy trails Brother 

Looks like the city is looking to implement regs of some kind.

Am I doing something wrong or does everyone pay $100+ per SFH rental on Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors?

If your problem tenants continue to get notices, but the notices are essentially the same, then they're obviously not taking them seriously.Another method I have heard of but have not had to implement myself yet is essentially paying them to move.

As part of my learning process, I have been trying to implement a system for evaluating the expected market rent of a specific property based on the size, # of bedrooms, # of baths, location, and amenities offered. 

You may need to implement some tenant training if you’re getting to many texts.I am one of those landlords who have the “this unit is delivered pest free if any appear after 10 days it’s the tenants responsibility” clauses in my lease.

BUT I remember the day that I walked in and bought my son a top of the line carbon fiber Santa Cruz mountain bike.