I often wonder if it's worth it to have exceptional customer service / rewards for tenants, or if you'll get stepped on.Example: Anyone who pays rent on time for an entire year and renews the lease is gifted a $100 walmart giftcard (I wouldn't advertise that though, just a ''surprise'' reward)

The tenants either pay on line or with a cash pay card which they take to the local Wal Mart scan the card and can pay with cash or debit card.  

Not cheap flipflops, these ones cost $15 from Wal*mart.

Walmart does billpay for low income customers as wellI haven't run into this problem but I feel for you.

Would you go to the Wal-Mart worker's store manager and tell them they didn't pay rent?

@Joe Fairless , you could also put together some inexpensive gift bags filled with stuff you bought in bulk from a Wal-Mart or Costco, mainly candy, snack packs, and a few bottled waters with a note just wishing everyone a good year.

Rich, white college kids will smoke and destroy your property just as fast as the black woman who works at Walmart 40 hours a week who still qualifies for section 8.

Get a service like Vumber that has a VOIP app for your smart phone that dials out using your marketing number(s) or go to Walmart and get a $12 flip phone with a $25 a month plan.

She buys a new microwave ovens that not just the cheapest one at Wal-Mart. 

The thing is that with the help of the tenant, we have tracked down the money order number that she received from Wal-Mart.