I keep an eye on the forecast and warn guests about inbound weather, even offering that they can come a day early if the house is available. 

I warn all tenants who give me whatever story on why rent is late or going to be late, that they will be getting a POQ notice on the 3rd day and a late fee on the 5th, I don't care if it's because their employer burned down or thieves stole all their money or their grandma needed an emergency appendectomy.

They change pricing for all future dates with no warning--at sign up.

The one warning that I would provide is that it is death by a thousand cuts getting a property to market.

TRIGGER WARNING.

I will warn you though there has been times I’ve called and received bad information.  

Use the more conservative numbers.That is a huge HOA expense.HOA fees can go up and rules can change so be warned.

.- Quick CPI Report- Government has taken a permanent intellectual vacation- The Skeptics Take.The Weekly 3: News, Data and Education to Keep You Informed- Barry Sternlicht warns about troubles in Commercial real estate: “We have a problem in real estate.

The owner warned me it may be squatter occupied, and I went to look at it myself, it bad clothes hanging and 2 locked doors that I assume someone was living in.

I wanted to post this to warn my fellow investors about them, they do lease-to-owns buying houses dirt cheap from banks and sell them via LTO for often 600% more without doing any work to them.