Making sure I'm keeping a good tenant happy (and renewing) is just as important as preventing misuse of the property.

They prefer carpet or hardwood in the bedrooms.You could possibly tile the upstairs bath but make sure to use non-skid tiles with the grain on top to help prevent slip and falls.If they wear down the carpet just use a cheap top carpet with a good pad underneath and it will FEEL more expensive on the feet to the tenant.

Does him being disabled prevent me from ending his tenancy at the end of his lease?

If not, what prevented you from getting the line of credit?

Situation is resolved going forward and you provided the tenant with some useful information which you might want to include in future "welcome" packets to prevent this going forward.Just make sure to frame this as you are not at fault or implying responsibility.

That prevents loan sharks from trying to collect their debts through the courts--they use other methods.

My name is Lenny and I currently live in Long Island but spend the majority of my time in NYC due to work.For years I have always been interested in becoming a Real Estate Investor, but have either let negative people talk me out of it, or let small things or my lack of knowledge hold me back from moving ahead.I came across this site by randomly typing in 'Real Estate forums' into Google, in hopes that in this day and age there is a forum for everything, and sure enough I was right.After browsing the site for a few minutes, I thought for sure it would prevent me from accessing any extra material due to my past experiences in regards to Real Estate knowledge.

You won't learn a lot about investing, but you'll learn a lot of the basics that most newbies don't bother to learn, and never even knew existed, which can prevent problems down the road.

However, let him know up front that any attempt to hide, conceal, or otherwise prevent your discovery of information that would affect your decision will result in immediate denial for the respective applicant.

Many of these could have been prevented if the individual would have spent a few hundred (sometimes more) dollars on an attorney with KNOWLEDGE OF THE AREA.