We want our tenants to know that when they have a problem they don't have to play cat and mouse games to get what they need.The reason I make a lot of money is because I get paid to deal with problems every day.

Mine was a bit weird about an inquiry I made last year into buying an FHA property as an owner-occupant, even though we've done plenty of business together.I know where they're coming from, there are a lot of young people out there just trying to do things in real estate who have zero access to an extensive community like this that will tell you how bad an idea it is for a real estate investor to play cat and mouse with the feds in his first investment.

This would be especially useful in the forums that have 50-100+ posts so once you get to the bottom you can just mouse back up to the toolbars at the top and navigate to the next page instead of scrolling back up through everything.

Usually I get my check within 3 or 4 business days with a few clicks of my mouse.

Get a cheap one.Get a sanding block before you get a random orbital sander or a finish sander or a mouse sander.Cold chiselStanley 12 3/4 in.

I'd just give her advice on talking to them to try to get them to waive it due to the leak, but ultimately its her problem.You already "gave the mouse a cookie" by paying part of her bill so she will likely try to be entitled to think you owe the rest, stand firm and don't pay anything more.

A mouse can get in with only 1/2". 

I do my best to prescreen people, but I still get "I know you said no pets, but how about a hamster/mouse/rat?"

The issue may be that the OP lives in Alabama and, like Georgia, it often does not get cold enough in the winter to knock down certain pests such as Palmetto bugs (what a lovely description of large, flying roaches that my mother once mistook for a mouse).As others have pointed out, I tell new tenants that I have sprayed the exterior (we have SFH) and bombed/sprayed the interior of the rental units prior to anyone moving in.  

Mark:I would set mouse traps and also use a Havahart model 1083 "easy-set" trap for squirrels or rats.I've read a few stories about woodchucks doing this to cars too.