Our lease has a clause that makes the tenant responsible to report leaks and defects and is responsible for any consequential damages that arise from a failure or delay in reporting.

@Rachel Jones copy & paste from our site:A bad tenant can lead to thousands of dollars of losses via unpaid rents, legal fees and property damages.

I've used Airbnb and they have reimbursed me for repairs when a guest does damages, but they take a lot of time and the reimbursement is not always what I expected.

Any tips you have when dealing with a tenant who consistently breaks lease, lies about property damage / repairs needed, does things like keep the heat off in the winter when shes closed for the one day a week.

If not, or if this is a first time occurrence, I'd start with gathering any tangible proof that the damages are a result of the other landlord or tenant ie; video camera, pictures and suggest to the tenant that they seek a resolution based on the evidence.

If the damage was storm related homeowners insurance might be an option?

We have had some recent storms in the Dallas/Fort Worth area that have caused some serious damage and even taken lives.

Seems like a lot of brain damage for very little gain.

My biggest pain point has been not knowing all the little things that could have helped me out if I put them in the lease that would have helped me snip some of my problems in the butt and for context I am a roockie with only one rental property Tenants will not move in with out all utilities in their name When tenants move out they will sign a move out form for all damages if any over a reasonable amount Tenant will not hang fie traps out side of home those are just personal examples of some of my issues with my one tenant so what would be really help full is some of the little things that you dont even know that you dont know 

Or, you could also pull a list of pre-foreclosures, skip-trace, contact sellers and see if you could help them get out of the house with less damage and loss than if their house went through foreclosure.