As far as accessing your info via your phone, you could buy a home wireless router that has a USB drive on it. 

The first thing we did when we bought our properties was to install really good wire mesh to stop critters from going under the duplexes.  

She was successful and now all that drama is a couple months behind me. She

That's doubly weird to me.  She

I just had a tenant check out a place of mine that told me she had some "minor issues" with her credit that she wanted me to know about.

It's a tiny thing with a wash tub in one side, and a spinner on the other.http://www.amazon.com/Panda-Compact-Portable-Washi...I use double lint socks over the drain hose, and two other mesh screens after the lint socks, to catch all of the lint. 

They stayed on for several months and during that time, she hurt her knee and could not walk up and down the stairs, and she told me she had to move out due to the stairs.

Here's a couple places that do that sort of thing if you decide to go that route: Rent Recovery Service and Debt Reporting Service. 

I have declined people because their values and outlook didn't mesh with mine even though their financial situation was acceptable  and I've accepted people that I've believed in with questionable past decisions.

.,. then Baltimore gas and electric showed up and said their gas leak detector detected small amount of gas leaking.. it was coming from a cracked head on the furnace.. so it was old and need of replacement.. so we decided to replace it completely  however I need to mention I have brought my mother in law on board to do the book keeping duties and she is on site 2 days a week to let the exterminator in and do paperwork.. she was bombarded by this tenant who was threatening to call the police due to no ac and without consulting me she hired someone who was willing to install a unit in 2 days time instead of a week and instead of spending $3,500 for a new unit she spend $7,000.. this is a huge problem for me as I have a policy of no work or repairs done over $500 without my consent.. so he got a new $7,000 unit.. and I have taken the checkbook from my mother in law..