They will often have subcontractors, etc that they need to pay, so I wouldn't be too hard-nosed about things... they need some money to function (perhaps)... but certainly the last 25% of the pay should come when the job is finished and you are happy.  

The same "man" who ironically would bend you over given the opportunity....Ok for sake of argument.. you have a good paying tenant.. govmit employee.. the only reason they cant pay rent is they are like pretty much 80% of the renter pool in the US living pay check to pay check.. so now you evict them.. that takes the month you don't get paid for.now they are peeved and maybe the home is not so nice when U get it back.. or you have to do a turn over that cost you 1 to 2k  and maybe your a small time ( not U specifically but just talking about small mom and Pop landlords) and you do the work yourself.. so it takes your time it takes another 30 days to meet your criteria for a new tenant.. so now you basically lost probably 2 months rent at least one since they did not pay.. and you have a potential turn over. and in some areas I can see tenant being vindictive.. and so by being hard nosed and not showing any slack for a national problem  it really costs you money.. when instead let them live there get a note for the back rent get it paid over say the next 12 months and do not have a turn over.. ?   

Cold tenants complain, especially when they get their electric bills and realize they're paying through the nose for heat.Ninth, get your head examined.

Realtors already turn their noses up at our FHA/VA/USDA borrowers, but those buyers are going to be flooding the market now. 

This was a triple masker, bengay under the nose, etc.

Anyone can "screen" a prospective tenant by simply holding a mirror under their nose.

This shouldn't be too hard with a good nose or a blacklight as someone suggested.

good independent advice from the start.Hopefully, you got nothing more than a bloody nose from the experience and a lot of lessons learned.

While talking nose around and ask questions about what kind of work they do, but more importantly ask what they DON'T do. 4) Hire a "starving" agent to list your properties for rent and then ask them to find you handymen to screen to do the RentReady work.

Glue down... use it on the stairs with an overlap nosing not a scribe to help prevent slippage.