Your screening is limited to ONLY what RentRedi thinks should be part of the screening process, and rent payments...well, you will be reported to the IRS for the fees RentRedi charges..and RentRedi will not give you their W9 to write those off as an expense.

Go to courthouse in city where your rental is, or see if docket is available online, and write down the names of the attorneys with the most landlord-tenant cases.

Easy writing is the best writing.

-------------------------I realized in the middle of writing this response that there was simply no way I would ever do this, even with an iron-clad agreement. 

Sit down and hash out every detail and put it in writing.

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That may be a little too aggressive but I do enjoy landlord friendly states as opposed to the tenant friendly ones.

You'll need to really look at yourself and understand what you do well and enjoy, at the end of the day if you enjoy what you do you'll have more drive be successful everyday. 

I have no social sphere or contacts family or friends in Oregon (I don’t know anyone besides my fiancée).Goals: continue to have flexible schedule while enjoying what I do (selling real estate) and making good money.

For deals I do, I try to write in under the inspection section in the purchase agreement, “any and all recommend by home inspector including but not limited to inspections checked no above.”