No written lease whatsoever is no good.

Professional cleaning during turnover is an expense that landlords are usually required to shoulder, and might be necessary even if the prior tenants thoroughly cleaned everything.Common things that tenants miss while cleaning:Leaving ANY (and I do mean any whatsoever) garbage or unwanted things behind.

It seems rents are still getting paid for the most part.Not to get political, but part of the confusion is because news reports don't have to be based on any kind of data or facts whatsoever.

The tenant has access to backyard (not in lease but offered as a freebie) it's in decent shape with not trees or plants whatsoever but my neighbor's back yard is lush green and some of his plants creep into the backyard.There will be occasional uninvited guests such as Centepedes and Beatles when the tenant opens his door.Now they are asking me to call in for an exterminator,the previous tenant never once mentioned it to me.Its not an infestation so I think it doesn't require me to call for an exterminator,it's not an infestation per se.How do I handle this demanding tenant?

All it will take is a couple of kicks in the teeth for you to say screw this, were going back.

If your application had lines for him to fill out regarding type of income and how much from each source, and he ignored that and just wrote "retired" and $5700 - you could just deny him for not filling out the application completely.When you have to pull teeth to get info from applicants, you're just better off denying them, because dealing with them on anything after they move in will be the same way - they won't be cooperative or respectful.

Anything with teeth (including me) can be aggressive and dangerous in a provoking situation.  

No pulling teeth allowed, to get them to comply.Lies of any kind.  

There is no penalty whatsoever for being wrong in small claims court.  

They dont need a seasoning period.For Pittsburgh oh my Gawd even delayed financing I think i have better luck pulling a teeth out of an elephant than getting a loan from a bank.