(I kind of feel like the way I write is somewhat combative, so I apologize cause that's not what I'm going for.

I'd really like to find something off-market to help combat the craziness we are seeing right now.

To combat the above, pretty much anyone will tell you to make additional principal payments to bring it down faster and save yourself on interest.

Examples: mailbox door wont always stay shut, crickets and other insects (basement apartment), door to furnace doesnt stay shut, screen door wont lock, etc.I have a hard time saying no to her requests, because in reality I guess these things should actually be handled, but it's stuff most of tenants would handle themselves or just shrug it off.Any suggestions on how to combat something like this?

“This settlement reaffirms HUD’s commitment to combating discrimination against a person because of their national origin or the language they speak.”

Came across my BP FB page today http://news10.com/2016/06/03/landlord-shot-killed-...So what do you folks do to combat this sort of thing and protect yourself?

Baltimore Housing, and the tenants play lots of games with Landlords, so you'll want to be sure to hire an experienced property manager who knows how to combat the tricks the City and tenants will inevitably try to play on you.

The problem is that he owes money from past due rent prior to TRA and he's a combative, unemployed, unstable tenant.  

Choose tenants well, there is no rent control so getting rid of problem tenants is easy, and their efforts to combat crime have increased since new developments have started.  

for the crazy legislation and city action they review and combat on our behalf!