Traffic patterns turn out to be important.

After I had enlisted in the Navy, I was in a waiting pattern until they told me when to report, so I kept my job pumping gas on the Parkway.

look at the flooring, is tile even there?

(2 years) we replaced some ceil tiles, lacquered the living room floor, painted all rooms but the bathroom, and put in click-flooring in the laundry/bonus room.

You have to remove, fully sand, and prime with that old patterned stuff.

I don't really notice too much change in the Winter months, maybe a bit of slowing in the number that move out, but parsing through many years of data, I don't see any identifiable patterns of slowing rentals when it gets cold and blustery. 0Having said that, I have been seeing extremely strong rent up in the past 3 months.

I have paid $1000. for the tub and the tile surround. 

I also think when you're house hacking you blur the lines a bit between "this is my home" and "this is my rental" and it can be easy to legitimize putting tile backsplash in when it's really not necessary. 

We are not taking down walls or making huge changes, just flooring, ceiling tiles, lights, ect... 

Either enforce the late fees or continue with the pattern that's developed.