@Drew Sygit This was an off-market deal brought to me by a broker.

@Drew Sygit I am looking for less involvement with the rental business, less stress and for maximum profit.

Apply the same late fee if necessary and pause the services if they don't perform.Depending on how you drew up your lease, I've started explicitly stating how payments will be applied (chronologically) so that in your situation, you would be able to apply the next month's rent against the outstanding utility bill and the utility late fee.

I am just an armchair quarterback not an attorney.

@Drew Sygit Very true, although there will be way more buyers that will be fighting over those opportunities than last time. 

@Fred Buechel as a PL here in Tampa, FL I completely agree with @Drew Sygit question concerning a lender and then the team. 

@Matt CorsoChat with @Drew Sygit at Logical PM.

@Drew SygitUnfortunately, NOT every property rents in 2-3 days as @Marcus Auerbach claims:(Our team monitors how long our vacant rental properties have been marketed and we address everything we listed above with our landlord clients.

@Drew Sygit Thanks Drew. 

I also agree with Drew - never accept cash and under no circumstances pick up rent - that is just so backwards!