I do a redecorating fee if they stay less than 6 months.. and usually my tenants stay average 2 - 3 years.Look up landlord tenant laws for your state and get familiar with statutes. 

As per WI Statutues 452.01(2) for the defintion of a broker and WI Statutes 452.01(2)(b) for what I'm talking about:WI Statutues 452.01(2)“Broker" means any person not excluded by sub. (3), who does any of the following:"* Owners are not excluded if you check out sub. (3).WI Statutes 452.01(2)(b)"Is engaged wholly or in part in the business of selling or exchanging interests or estates in real estate or businesses, including businesses' goodwill, inventory, or fixtures, whether or not the business includes real property, to the extent that a pattern of sales or exchanges is established, whether or not the person owns the real estate or businesses.

Actually in Ohio the State Statutes state 5721.16 Judgment of foreclosure and forfeiture - findings - order of sale.

It also may not be in the statutes and either buried in court precedents or still an undecided issue.

Just because the landlord does not live in the property does not mean they are not afforded 4th amendment rights.The way the court would look at a statute like that is to see if there is a true compelling interest of the state that could not otherwise be administered without violating the individual rights of the landlord.

"I need to check the batteries in the fire alarms and change the filters," gets me into a house whenever I feel like it.Check your local statutes concerning prepaid rents, typically you need to hold it in a separate bank account and slowly transfer it each month as you 'earn' it. 

Note that the statute contains no significant defenses for well-meaning sellers who thought they were giving the buyer a good deal, even if the whole arrangement was the buyer's idea in the first place.Accordingly, the risks to an investor of engaging in executory contracts have nearly eliminated their use in the residential context."

There is a way to make them pay out sooner but, in the long run, the state statute provides that the life of a lien can exist for 7 years. 

I didn't catch all of that when I read through the statute, I'm going to have another look at it. 

if this is true in your state, you do not have a lease (a lease can of course be oral unless this statute of frauds applies).