Hire a property manager and do not put yourself in a sticky situation with tenants. 

@Marc Rice yeah I am moving to Philadelphia for work

Quote from @Marc Rice: Quote from @Tracy Keffer: Hi guys!

By reading the sticky posts above.

Otherwise they would just follow the Dave Ramsey approach and live on rice and beans for years and years and save their way to financial peace by the time they are 65 or 70 so they can finally live "like no one else."

@Marc Rice I’m so glad you said that!!

Quote from @Marc Rice: Cleveland and Akron are great cash flow markets.

However, in all my searching, I wasn't able to find one single source that lists all the various clauses that people have come up with.So, I thought this would be a good thread where both experienced and new landlords could come and share the various clauses they put into their leases.Hopefully, if we can get enough good content, @Brandon Turner can turn the thread into a sticky thread on the Landlord & Rental Forum so that people can easily find and use it!

@Marc Rice I love the ideas, I'm just concerned (as several people pointed out) as to how many working folks on short term assignments or anyone really, would rent a single room, knowing the other 2 rooms could be filled with strangers.

We do use the sticky pads inside, no mice yet, just a few Japanese Ladybugs.We did have chipmunks take us residence in a wall during the rehab so we left a radio on against that wall & they have never returned.