Yeah with making them pay the difference there aware not to leave the windows open or abuse the utilities.What do you use for software management or rent collecting?

It’s not that difficult or expensive to do and can withstand abusive tenants . 

And i feel abused our past relationship to violate our timeline so that he wouldn't loose new customers.

The smoke one I had happen to me first hand and have heard about the new facemask trick going around on a few forums.To have your entire account permanently banned a guest only needs to say that you verbally sexually harassed, threatened them or called them a racial slur.

If there is animal abuse going on, then they can contact local animal authorities that can provide direction. 

As long as they haven't been sanded into oblivion you'd be surprised how much abuse they can take.

This is the simplest method, but it also means your tenants are more likely to abuse the utilities by leaving windows open with the heat or A/C running, leaving lights on, ignoring the toilet that constantly flushes on its own, etc.3.

During the pandemic, some states allow folks to "live for free" and dont enforce evictions, and unfortunately some abuse this. 

Chris great points, I think it is critical to recognize who are doing business with and really drill down the true definition of Turnkey as it loosely used and many times if not most abused by companies that are not really turnkey. 

Your business might be able to profitable if you spend an extra $200,000 per year driving a bus rather than well built car.