You could alway contact the local law enforcement department and have them accompany you as you enter the unit.

I live in Michigan and am looking to be a snow bird.

We call them Snow Birds and it's definitely doable. 

Driving for dollars, Direct Mail (and all the ways that you can work to find the leads to mail to, not to mention choosing your criteria), SEO, Pay per click, bird dogs, personal networking (referrals from people you know and other RE professionals), ...There is a podcast I’m currently listening to, REI Marketing Nerds (and others).The best advice I’ve found is to market, market, and market.

I tell people who dont have the capital to do wholesaling that they need to start as a bird dog instead.

I figured maybe take the time to knock two birds with one stone

This will be accompanied with a statement like "Further detail available upon request".Again your comments on this would be very much appreciated.

Those are important for control.I also only use "buy" accompanied with +my.  

And their is also a good chance that the fine and or jail time accompanying that violation will wipe out your rental income on this unit for at least a year.It actually sounds like your tenants are being reasonable.

You have to have bird dogs or RE agents for pre MLS listings or pre foreclousers.