In regards to the damages, I have them sign a separate document that is called a lease addendum wherein I have all the policies spelled out and made them responsible for actual charges of any damages and called out water damage to be reported within 24 hours or they will incur a heavy cost of fixing.

Its been great while working in the house with the rehab, however I am concerned with a Tennant taking advantage of this: smoking inside, not opening the windows while running it causing a backdraft from other appliances like the water heater which would cause it not able to vent to the outside properly, and I'm sure there are others. 

Getting a home certified as Healthy clean indoor air and clean water limits your liability too and increases the standard of living for tenants if they're not getting sick from indoor air pollution or lead in the Water they have the most time to work to pay us rent.

Obviously, if you get there and the water is murky and gross you need to handle it.

When I ask for reasons I get cost of living, quality of live, moderate climate, fresh water access, no natural disasters and moving back to where they were from.From what I can see the trend to the Midwest is steadily increasing, but by no means as big as moving south.

We try to find prospects that also have separate utilities such as electrical and less commonly separate water/gas.

His rent pays our property taxes, our water and sewer bills and will be paying to replace the windows in three of his rooms come springtime.

This is just standard digital, heat-only thermostat, and he's a pretty handy type of guy.

Deal shark swimming through the dark cold waters.

While I lived there, I painted all the walls and replaced the water heater.