It starts with carpet and then evolves into making renovations/upgrades without your permission.

With lower class tenants you'll potentially get all kinds of fun....we've had the police called cause one tenant was kicking his girlfriend in the head in the hallway, a couple good tenants had criminal boyfriends that moved in with them (without our permission) and were breaking into the other apartments stealing ...lost one of our good tenants cause his apartment got robbed when he went away for the weekend, constant complaints of weed and smoke smells..if one tenant smokes they all complain constantly.

The law requires us to give notice of entry; it does not require tenant's permission.

If you want to refinance the home into your name you would have needed his signature to give escrow permission to order the payoff.

My agreements require my permission to allow the assignment, maintaining my control of the deal.

I even requested permission and reached out to the current tenant to get more details but have not received a response.

Your Agreement should require the PM to contact you for permission before spending any of your money.

I also recommend instituting a penalty to contractor for work performed late (beyond permissible delays) and a bonus to contract to finishing early.

Leaks still prevalent in pipes and refusing to fix them, contractors worker and his family squatting in my home without my permission, and lazy work done to finishes of the home.

It should state they need your permission for any repair over $X unless it's an emergency.