Ask owner the condition and useful life of the big cap ex items and confirm with your own inspectors.

You don't want an unqualified tenant working on your property.I don't have any advice on bulletproofing your rentals, except put the high ticket items into the unit last.

They must fill out credit check with fee so these two items can be wrapped together?

So you will want to get actual quotes/numbers on these items while you are under contract.

I never knew how much her crying about not having money for bills and school items for us hit my soul until I did this work.

The most I ever have to do is respond to emails asking for approval on a maintenance item or occasionally ask a question about the statement.

Where is he parking, is he making himself too much "at home" and leaving personal items there, receiving mail at that address, has his own key, is there when the tenants are not, causes extra wear and tear, causes an uptick in utility usage, etc. 

The way those flooring stores operates seems so inefficient where they don't put the prices on the products and so you have to ask the price of each item anytime you're interested in something.

Just remember to separate out repair items from comfort items.

My PM says she would fix it  but I am kind of skeptical on her contractor who over charges and does not itemize itemize itemize itemize itemize itemize itemize itemize itemize experience in last four months has been the charges four or five times the actual economical solution I would use.