You will have to talk with them and assess their answers and behaviors. 

As an agent- here's my thoughts on your dilemma:I do my best to mirror my clients behavior.

I look at national economic policies (inflation & interest rates), local market growth (population/rent/job), inventory behaviors (including absorption) and try to track markets where there are institutional inflows. 

I feel quite strongly that you incentivize the behavior that you want to perpetuate - this is not to say that you're "screwing" PMs out of their money.

I do some freelance paralegal work for a few attorneys here, and have witnessed others with just plain unethical behavior; that's not for me.

But mostly we are looking for criminal behavior.  

It's a fairly educational thread for other newbies out there who can watch how his behavior can and will get them black balled by industry professionals if they behaved this way themselves.Below is a quick screen shot of my email inbox.

We offer 4 different payment methods to our tenants: Online ACH via our PM software (no charge) Deposit @ our bank ($3 charge) Credit Card ($5 + cc fees) Mail ($10 charge)Notice we charge a fee for the less desirable options to encourage the behavior we want:)

I would have thought that was a high enough price to deter that kind of behavior & in the past it has been.

Just thought I’d point that out because I know in SF the laws encourage poor tenant behavior to the point of making squatting beneficial since they can just demand a ton of cash before they’ll move out