My wife is from West Michigan, and so about a month ago we decided to re-focus our search in the Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Battle Creek area.

That area in a condo on the top floor smells as damp as a basement.

You have to pick your battles.

There was no smell of smoke at all in his apt with all the windows and doors closed.

I'd love to share my knowledge and perspective of RE or even battle stories of nightmare tenants (drug dealers, professional eviction artists and ghosts - yup...

I'd love to share my knowledge and perspective of RE or even battle stories of nightmare tenants (drug dealers, professional eviction artists and ghosts - yup...

I'd love to share my knowledge and perspective of RE or even battle stories of nightmare tenants (drug dealers, professional eviction artists and ghosts - yup...

I'd love to share my knowledge and perspective of RE or even battle stories of nightmare tenants (drug dealers, professional eviction artists and ghosts - yup...

Let's say you waited until after the tenant moved in to take care of that tree and their car is parked in the drive way or in front of the house, or has toys on the lawn, whatever, and a limb, whether big or small,  falls on their property, bingo you've got a lawsuit.Tenants may say they had to move due to you doing the repair because of the smell or the dust going on or the inconvenience.

When dealing with people, we need to pick our battles carefully and a person who can't stand the thought of tenants not meeting their own lofty standards should probably refrain from being a landlord.