Cashflow on long term rentals is still hard to come by, but every now and then the occasional townhome/sfh pops up that actually makes sense and will breakeven with long term rents.

This means a two sentence NDA, not the multi-paragraph or, heavens, multi-page NDAs I occasionally saw.

About 8 satellite dishes hung off the outside all over the place, and many tenants each paid for their own cable internet/TV account.

If they say no, we ask why, and occasionally, we can sway them if there had been a misunderstanding—for example, a lingering maintenance issue that hasn’t been addressed and they didn’t bother to call about.We don’t have time for a deep dive on lease renewals, but it’s definitely worth picking up a copy of Jeffrey Taylor’s The Landlord’s Survival Guide, which has all sorts of tips on getting tenants to renew.

If you only need it occasionally, continuing to rent and write off the costs might be more cost-effective.

So if the payment did not process until midnight but Forte pulled the payment at 6PM (they used to pull ours at 4:30 PM until we changed to to midnight for the reasons listed above) there were occasionally failed payments that the bank would have not known the reason why. 

Although the occasional gut job on a kitchen or bathroom might make sense.

My guess is the dishwasher could be another plumbing issue where they don't scrap dishes and the filter or inlet is clogged. 

To other points made on this thread, occasionally the juice isn't worth the squeeze.

Finally a LTR furnished is often furniture only, no furnishings, no dishes, no linens or towels, while a MTR would most often include the same furnishing as a STR.