The key is establishing and maintaining open and honest communication, being polite and respectful, having a strong rental agreement in place and having the moxie to enforce it in a professional manner.From our rental criteria:RESIDENCE/RENTAL HISTORY1.We will examine the most recent five years of residence history.2.Home ownership will be verified through the tax assessors office and/or credit report.3.Rental history will be verified through the property owner and/or rental agent. 4.Rental history reflecting any unpaid past due rent, damages or fees will result in denial.5.Rental history showing excessive property damage, excessive noise, or unruly behavior will result in denial.6.Three or more notices for failure to pay rent and/or to comply with the terms of the rental agreement, within a 12 month period, will result in denial.7.A person with an eviction or unlawful detainer on their record may be approved if full restitution has been made.

If not, there are 3rd party list companies that have that data.I used to access the records by locating the property on Parcel Viewer (http://gismaps.kingcounty.gov/parcelviewer2/), but it looks like the behavior changed recently (still lots of good information, so take a look - once you locate and click on the property, click on Property Report then Property Detail).Instead go directly to the records website (https://recordsearch.kingcounty.gov/LandmarkWeb/Home/Index) and search by the parcel number.  

You can't convert the nature of these expenses.As far as whether or not this is normal behavior for the IRS to now audit subsequent years, the answer is Yes. 

The oven-cleaning fiasco she has now been reliably shown to have pulled -- you would never have had that kind of conversation with the fire chief otherwise -- exposes her silly, drama queen behavior clearly.

Excerpt from our rental criteria:RESIDENCE/RENTAL HISTORY1.We will examine the most recent five years of residence history and all legal history.2.Home ownership will be verified through the tax assessors office and/or credit report.3.Rental history will be verified through the property owner and/or rental agent. 4.Rental history reflecting any unpaid past due rent, damages or fees will result in denial.5.Rental history showing excessive property damage, excessive noise, or unruly behavior will result in denial.6.Three or more notices for failure to pay rent and/or to comply with the terms of the rental agreement, within a 12 month period, will result in denial.7.A person with an eviction or unlawful detainer on their record may be approved if full restitution has been made.

Ways to pick- consider showing behavior- consider length of employment- consider responsiveness dont let the second choice go until the first makes the deposit.

As a matter of principle, I never reward bad behavior and will spend five times his deposit (if need be) to make sure he does not get the deposit back.

They have a verbal agreement for a month-to-month tenancy followed by behavior confirming said tenancy, a breach of the agreement, and a notice to quit.Kinda hard to walk all that back now and claim he's a guest.

., write a new lease with the two of them) or just keep the one lease with the existing tenant and make it clear to her that she is responsible for her roommates behavior, etc?

If you follow this consistently it has been my experience that you will instill the correct behaviors in the tenant and yourself.