BrianNothing prevents tenant from running the water, kicking holes in walls and door, or other vandalism.However, these things seldom happen as retribution.More likely, a tenant fills up an inflatable pool every other day in the summer, or fails to report that the kitchen drain is leaking, or that the boyfriend beats her up every weekend and busting up the place, or that tenant lets a dog do his business on the carpet, or overflows the tub because they fell asleep.While a good tenant will agree to a fair water policy; the court will typically throw out the policy in an eviction.Keep in mind that you can get a leak notification from water department via “clear-reads” through the mycleveland water website.Usually bad tenants are multi-dimensional... they tend to follow a pattern... low credit score, extension criminal background hits such as driving with suspended license, expired plates, drugs, panning the rent late, refusing to pay the water, violating trash pickup guidelines, police calls by the neighbors, no-show for service calls, removing smoke retractor batteries for the kids toys, not replacing burned out lightbulbs, not taking care of the yard (in a single family”, busting blinds and screens, etc. 

@Patrick Liska  PA DOES have state inheritance tax, and it applies to PA real estate, even if owned by somebody out of state, like NJ.  0 percent on transfers to a surviving spouse or to a parent from a child aged 21 or younger; 4.5 percent on transfers to direct descendants and lineal heirs; 12 percent on transfers to siblings; and. 15 percent on transfers to other heirs, except charitable organizations, exempt institutions and government entities exempt from tax.

--break--That said, and not to be the fun police here because I am a fun guy...

So we either cut funding for police officers and teachers, or we suck it up as a community and pay a little more for the benefits that are provided to us on a daily basis.  

Yet, most people who go to Mexico to vacation or live feel safe because nothing happens and the government has invested heavily in policing.

At this point she states that if I don’t give her my driver’s license she is going to call the police on me.

Irvington has the state police in the town it's so bad.

The local police and a state representative were at one point involved but no more. 

Never had one police call or hostile incident.

I ended up passing on the Linden Heights house after speaking with the local police department about crime stats.