If they are VERY professional, they will have their processes in writing as verification that it is enforced equally and fairly by their entire staff.6.

Write those details down, then start looking for properties that match it.

While it's then a good thing that I wrote that my intention wasn't to be condescending, I'd have been better off writing my post in a way that clearly wasn't.When posting in the forum, you often run the risk of making someone unhappy, even if you're mindful about avoiding it.

I have a rental property which cash flows, however on my last tax return I had reported the rehab costs for this property as a write off.

If it isn't in writing it never happened.

You simply have to specify in the lease that its their responsibility to pay the billsYour lease needs a re-write.

Get it all in writing to keep things smooth.

I try to not have a lot of "rules", but writing out some expectations can go a long way in resolving conflicts down the road and hopefully not ruining relationships/ friendships.happy to go over more specifics with you if you'd like!

There are different ways to structure this (writing them into the business entity and operating agreement, having them do a second trust against the property,  etc.).   

We're also noticing they are starting to write 2nds again.