When there's a secure area (like a back yard) I'm all for adding a picnic table and nice outdoor furniture (a guy who owns a coffee shop gave me all his outdoor chairs and tables when he bought new ones and so I reward good tenants with nice backyard outdoor furniture). 

But, that sounds a high-risk low-reward behaviour.

You're essentially rewarding the bad behavior to escape a greater loss and then dumping them on the next unsuspecting Landlord.

I was thinking that they get paid the most when there is turnover, so has anyone been successful in crafting an agreement that rewards for:Tenant longevityShort vacancyKeeping repair costs down (I do want to address issues though)Dunno...

Fail to see the reward here for assuming a higher amount of risk...

Your risk/reward tolerance might differ.

when I say you lose money its all the money you pay 3rd party professionals to do proper due diligence you get your EM Back.in the case of my situation right now were I have just under 400k in cash out on my Oregon deal.. if I don't close I lose it all.. but this project also will make us almost 10 million over 3 years.. so like I said RISK/REWARD... and when you step up to big land deals your competing against big players.. like my deal I just beat Lennar and Horton to it..

I know most developers would pass on this piece of property because it has a lot of up front risks but if you can get past those the rewards will be worth it.

be conservative now and your rewards over the long run will pay off !

Its all a challenge but so rewarding when it works out!