Remember, you always get what you pay for in the end.We don’t know anyone in the area, but you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”, since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant: https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processes

As a college student working part time, I have been able to identify my spending habits and reduce them considerably.

Real property is different than personal property and it is treated differently, talking to a homeowner about their home is much different than buying their car, there are many moving parts that can cause harm and financial loss.  

I think I might raise the rents but keep them on month-to-month for a couple of months until you get to know them and their habits.

I really like the idea of finding properties and making them more habitable.

there’s something I learned about many years ago called “habit stacking”It’s where you find something you already do every day (for this example it’s scrolling thru social while I take my morning shi…uhmmm…while I get ready in the morning), and add the new habit you’re trying to reinforce to the end of what you already do.So I just used Apple’s Shortcut app to create a BP Forum app on my homescreen and put it in my “Social” folder on my home screen.My goal is to post or reply to something every morning!

We don’t know anyone in the area, but you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”, since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant: https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesAdditionally, don't treat property management like a commodity and just focus on the lowest price!

Quickly I want to break down the 3 different types of "Real Estate Risks" through the lends of the carrier and then dive into the one most heavily focused on in this thread as well as this site. 1 Commercial Property- Lessor's Risk Only (LRO)2 Residential Home Owners 3 Habitational*When talking about investment real estate we talk about LRO's or Habitational (Hab Market).  

And then I made it a habit to post daily and still do it today. 

Short answer is that any situations where they feel that you're not making the home the condition they deem habitable for them.