you always need an exit plan and Never want to be locked into a 2-3 year contract with someone who turns out to be a headache / nightmare tenant.

I would charge the departing tenant for any necessary lock changes or known damage.

Can I change the locks to the home don't know if other keys have been made.

House all cleaned out, locks changed, needs about two days worth of work.

How else would you know if the tenants are locked into long leases at $100 a month?! 

You have a locked in buyer with no need to spruce up and a flexible buyer who will accommodate your 1031. 

Its a wonder anyone moves with those kind of rates locked in.

We feel confident that once we apply our own screening criteria, we could find decent section 8 tenants, however, I am questioning, as a safe guard, if it's legal to give a tenant a notice of terminating a lease if the tenant has caused enough damage or incurred enough fees to deplete their security deposit.For a prior experience example, our last Section 8 tenant (the "final straw" tenant) had a $650 security deposit and at one point, had the front door kicked in, breaking  the door, both locks, and breaking the surrounding plaster (not due to a home invasion).

sounds like you are trying to close early due to the rate lock. 

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