Louis, but if I were you, I'd check out any large granite /marble plce and ask to see the boneyard.

@Keith Marble  Its 2016 so if you are saying the homes are 50 plus years old they are 60s homes and built pre hud.  

.• Marble quartz countertops in kitchen & laundry• New handscraped espresso birch floors throughout• Wood-look ceramic tile in bath & laundry (and as backsplash behind the range)• New stainless steel appliances• Remote control LED lights under kitchen cabinets• Nest thermostat• New windows• New roof with architectural shingles• New horizontal cedar fence• New cedar deck• New custom exterior shutters• Generous setback from main road• Xeriscaping provides added privacy & noise reduction• Carport & enlarged parking pad for easy turnaround• Prewired for Google FiberRenovations took right at 100 days and cost approximately $60K (versus the 45 days and $40K the original GC promised us, but that's another story for another time).

Plaster can have funky patterns that don't look great, especially for clientele that are used to drywall so this minimizes the cost and ends up looking good.  

Point is, it really is up to you as long as the late pattern doesn't mess with your bottom line.

I ended up getting a slight rent increase in the first year and established the pattern for future rent increases.

My criteria is: credit history shows a pattern of financial responsibility.

Then they repeat the pattern in the next neighborhood over, frequently.  

So first off now that you see a pattern with this tenant don't be so fast run out and "fix" their imaginary maintenance issues.

I'm beginning to see a pattern here!