I do volume more than big sales, Mia rid my commissions ended up being around $3000 with a handful that were larger.

Get rid of those GCs and Subs too....any legit Contractor (are they even licensed?)

I have a hard time kicking folks out for any reason, but I let a kindly couple who hoarded food and other stuff and it took 3 weeks to haul everything out and get rid of mice. 

If you allowed pets, which I hope you didn't, ridding the home of the smell could pose a problem, especially if the pet relieved itself in the same spot.

That should be grounds to get rid of them.

This let us get rid of a property we didn't like in the first place, plus the hassles of owning it (tenants, repairs, etc.).

These allrequire applicants to submit an acceptable Letter of Explanation addressing each specific issue and occurrence.Rental HistoryBecause a current landlord may say anything to get rid of a bad tenant out of desperation, we also requireinformation for the previous landlord of all applicants.

I know when I have a turnover and a new tenant comes in, I get a couple of repair requests from my PM-but not all the time (well unless it is a bad tenant and we had one of those and got rid of him).

Start with getting rid of high interest, “dead weight” debt ( cars, credit cards, personal loans, student loans, etc.).

If there are no garages on the entire block and you get rid of it, you probably aren't losing as much, but I'd still be wary of using the space unconventionally so as to avoid creating the "weird house" on the block.