My mothers family lived in brockton for years, now fall river, and maybe they put a bad taste in my mouth (god forgive me but they weren't very nice tenants to their landlords and abused the Mass system tremendously-lots of evictions).  

Kill the waste and abuse and execute the various aid programs as a "hand-up" / safety net instead of a hammock - and the benefits would far outweigh the expense...

When it is consistently paid late each and has been for years, it's no different than being paid on time for years, just that I make 5% more I'm not a type of landlord who hopes or seeks predatory/abusive tenant situations where I can harvest fees from my tenants. 

I think this is a touchy situation , here is my thought process: 1 - if the locks are changed, you and/ or the remaining tenant can possibly be sued for illegal eviction, unless there is some documentation of domestic violence-in my area, the landlord/owner needs to protect the victim of abuse with the proper paperwork ie protection orders (reference your states landlord tenant act on domestic violence) and notice must be given to the abuser 2 - The tenant who has vacated has not given you actual notice to vacate 3 - In order to possibly amend the current lease, you would need the vacated tenants notice in writing in this situation 4- can the current tenant afford the property on her own, including utilities

So I agree with you that not everyone is a crook, but that is something to look at in the due diligence.I really do understand dirt out of state, I have no idea why someone would choose that over doing properties locally, as if they don't have any properties locally.Seems like all you're doing is going on the hook on a property you are relying on someone else to manage, etc. there are better ways to invest.What happens if your property manager in Tim-buck-too, 800 miles away gets hit by a bus?

The pet problems between neighbors and roommates are always abandonment and abuse.  

It's also secured so that ordinary tenant abuse can't bring it crashing down on top of anyone.

mhmm needs work and asking 700k although i know brooklyn is really hot now i don't think mill basin is one of the areas on fire which are basically within a 2 or 3 neighboorhood distance from williamsburg like bushwhack is exploding along with bed study and than of course downtown bk and even greenpooint and yea some people may be able to get 1800 for a similar apartment in mill basin but i know theres not a lot of subway out there and how far out is it... maybe the pricer rents are all located on the corner of a bus stop or express bus stop...

But I've never been challenged on it and my attorney doesn't seem too worried that I'm abusive about it, so I still have it in my lease that criminal activity - even without a conviction - may be grounds for termination.

Traveling around on a bus pretending one size fits all doesn't really make you a valuable resource.Read these two threads before you go to the first one: Taking a stand after a $50,000 liePlease help $41,000 paid to a guru company to be refunded !