Meeting in person and talking things through was definitely the right thing to ease the tension that was building between us and these otherwise perfect tenants - house is immaculate, rent is always on time, they don't cause trouble for neighbors and report issues timely.They agreed that nothing will be replaced on demand.

The exterior isn't in too bad shape, and the interior is going to take alot of weekends and sore muscles.

I would say ABSOLUTELY stay away from landlording.If you want to flex your artistic muscle, I would suggest rehabbing.

I like to exercise that "risk muscle" that Frank McKinney refers to all the time.

Anyways I got on the roller, as told and I revved up and proceeded to put tension on the strap.

This is a thoughtful thread, and I appreciate everyone's input.The existence of tension hear proves the delicacy of the issue.

The other issue was guests would park in the driveway overnight and block a tenant in when they needed to get to work - - creating more tension.  

Your draw to fire time is also pretty slow until you have built the muscle memory.

You can show timelines from start to finish, profit margins, etc. this should help prove competence and relax tensions (also wallets!)

Coming in and raising rent (unless you'd be losing money by not raising) will throw a red flag up and cause tension right away.2.) new lease terms?