In my state that is standard but I'm sure other states vary.

---So, ask about their standard operating procedures and make sure your management contract has an easy termination clause.What are your options if you experience one of the above?

You are paid for the year so if they crank up a legal escort service in there, you are not getting them out.Besides the fact that it always means they don't qualify by standard means, it means giving yourself no way of getting them out.Side note, some international renters are used to renting a year in advance as it does work this way in other countries.

If we were seeking a more standard client, we would not plan to paint.

Lower your price, but never your standards.I would be a little more open to it if they pay everything up front, but that is an example of "lowering your standards."

For example the driveway would be a "public municipal" road and have to be built to "road standards" such as 8' base and 8" pavement. 

Hell, by the new standard, I'd be found guilty of being Sasquatch!

I know you deduct the standard 1/27.5th of the improvement value, $200k. 

Purchase price: $65,000 This property was a classic grandma home that needed some TLC to bring it up to modern standards.

Not all people have high standards, or the skills, or the knowledge.