I am also a dog friendly landlord and I believe the answer is in good screening of the HUMAN. 

I would personally check liquidators and wholesaling floor an tile marts in the area.For cabinets though, look up your local Habitat for Humanity Restore.

Many of our best and most loyal Florida Mortgage customers are real estate investors who have managed great returns in up or down markets because they know human nature and they know where to find the best non-owner occupied mortgage rates for their investment loan properties.

Be an example, perhaps, but recognize that human nature is more powerful than personal charisma.Ultimately, only you are in charge of what goes on in your own head!

Its basically a journal of my day to day activities as I was getting started. timeframes strategy, skills i taught myself as quickly as humanly possible and tons of notes i took on everything i could.

A multi unit property is perfect because i can explain my situation directly to you (or whomever the landlord is.)People like me prefer human relations rather than going through a huge corporation that doesn't care about you or your cash.

There are too many human factors that figure into real estate values that no one has figured out how to program yet.

Shelter is a basic human need.

IMHO, it is alway beneficial to speak with a human being and let him/her know that I am a real person who buys local real estate on a regular basis.  

Human kind has not solved this issue so an average landlord usually has no chance ( and it sounds like you have a lot of this type of conflict; in fact, that the same living arrangement is suddenly problematic signals a breakdown on the personal level)....