Turn the fan on the furnace on, just to get air moving (change filter frequently).

I have some tenants who ask for laundry lists of minor things, frequently.

@Clint Kreider thats perfect ill try to make it out to the meet on the 9th, how frequently do you guys hold the meetings?

However, the takeaway from that experience was frequently, they are such cash cows that the owners demand unreasonable prices for them.  

As a result, we tend to conduct periodic (at least annually and as frequent as quarterly) inspections of our properties and correct damages as they are found - we then bill the Tenant immediately rather than wait for the end of the lease.

True, you can maintain returns at 10% - but it can be hard to actually buy into loans (they frequently get canceled), and it isn't very easy to cash out (sometimes you have to sell your note for a discount, and it takes time as well).  

After a hold-up at a local bank branch I frequent, I soon realized the importance of self-defense.

Shavonne, this happens frequently here in Fort Worth.

My “management” time went from “most weekends and frequent evenings” to about 30 minutes a month.

Good riddance- maybe now they wont be so frequently listing their properties well above fair value in the hopes of a desperate HomePath buyer that can waive appraisal.