Structure the lease to have EVERYTHING in it including roommate duties like keeping things clean, doing dishes within xx time, payment, etc.

I'm sure they'd be grateful for a takeout meal on their landlord and it eases the burden of making a meal without a stove (and fewer dishes to wash by hand), even if for one evening.

All the while you are dishing out money to keep the machine going, but nothing's coming in.

Hey Dan,I have a great CPA that I work with in Satellite Beach that I would be happy to put you in touch with.

I am interested in BRRRRing in the Tacoma market for reasons such as growing--and expected growing of the population, home prices have increased in past years, the expected job growth over the next decade, it is a satellite city of Seattle, and there's probably other reasons I haven't listed.

I think some people are going to search for certain things like cable/satellite and internet.

Darker e-juices can stain carpet if spilled, but this is probably less of a risk than a kid spilling juice on the carpet and can usually be cleaned out with some dish detergent.  

You have some very good points and maybe you should go on your YouTube channel (which I spent hours on watching free stuff) and you should debate robert kiyosaki he has become so negative about everything and Ray Dalio scares the heck out of me.Can you or anyone here who has been through a few decades of economic cycles tell us about the common denominator of all these downturns and what is different now.I appreciate everyone’s contribution but some have less than a decade in the real estate business and that is very little experience to maneuver through big economic declines and dish out advice to others on forums like BiggerPockets! 

It's like doing the dishes...when there are no dishes in the sink and you put one in there you will clean it. 

I used to work at Boeing and Northrup Grumman as a systems engineer working on satellites!