@John FiastroGo with the hardwoods it will reduce your ongoing costs.We do a light buff and then put several poly coats to seal the floors against liquids (beer, urine, juice etc.)Another great product is vinyl allure flooring.

In other words, they either know their credit history is dismal and/or their FICO score is lower than a snails belly button.

The reason we replaced the pipes in the backyard is the Plumber told the tenant that there were bellies in the pipe that were also contributing to the sewage problem.

Kitchen with juice and things that they like to eat.

That would really juice my returns if I could max out the rent.

Take a listen to the podcasts, they have been a good source to get the creative juices flowing to overcome hurdles.  

Everyone I know that has section 8's in our area got juiced in this deal. 

But, what happened in Silicon Valley is that even with the market crash, and the 6 - 8 month decline in rents - is that then the foreclosed-upon owners were now looking for rents, and rents not only came back to where they were, but soared way beyond what could have been imagined.So, unless your rental is in a town where the only employer may go belly-up (a one-factory town), you probably won't have to worry about it. 

The past tenants is worrying about a place to live and put food in their belly and not make you whole as a past landlord financially.You could get a judgment company after you have obtained a judgment in court to try and enforce it.

The new drywall had paint that is no longer a uniform color or texture, but rather consists of a mixture of crayon drawings, dried food stuffs and trails of sticky juice splattered on the walls.