Don't forget that you can get hit by a bus at any time, the seller can sue you or your estate, if things don't go as hoped for you're flapping in the wind with a sub-to.By limiting the time exposure of the risks involved you manage your risks, get those deals cleared off as soon as you can.

@Miles StanleyI can add to this that, as you pointed out earlier, it's important to understand the underlying concepts behind these metrics, because then you would be able to tell when others have misused/abused them.

For the city it's real simple: You say yes, they pay you $750 and build themselves a bus stop.

We will be installing a sink in one of the 'bedrooms', but no range, w/d hookups, furnace, etc. so when we eventually want to sell, those items can be easily removed.Rentals are currently in huge demand in our area - we had a catastrophic wildfire about 10-15 mi from our home and people are desperate for housing, but I am becoming concerned as I've seen people recommending lying about ESAs to get their pets in rentals (we have 2 dogs already and wont accept pets), people reporting rental listings to the AG if they think the price is too high (gouging), along with the general worry over destructive/abusive/etc tenants.

Especially if it's close to downtown and is accessible to public transportation (a lot of people near the big city don't have a car and this fact - being near a bus stop - is important to them).Yeah - it would be cool if there was a driveway - but it doesn't make the deal a bad one.

Initially I was dealing with the seller directly until he became irrational and abusive.

If you use and abuse a good investor friendly realtor, you will have a hard time finding one in general. 

Each metric, like all metrics, is open to abuse and can be manipulated.

.- The other two tenants really appreciate everything I have done and are willing to help out in whichever way they can (whether it is acting as a witness in court or preventing her from doing more harm).I understand that in Massachusetts I can do very little as a landlord against being abused this way, but if there is anything myself or my other tenants can do I'd love to know.

They weren't trashed, just abused and not cleaned.Luckily, I haven't had any in years, none has passed my background checks.Unrelated young couples have been my next highest failure group, not married, this group has had a good number of lease breaks and one eviction for non-payment.