When painting, keep a few grocery type plastic bags on hand.  

“North Dakota's 2013 GDP per capita was the second highest in our rankings at $68,804.”I don’t mean to bag on North Dakota, but the measure of GDP per capita doesn’t mean too much when the state’s population is 739,000, or about the size of Greensboro-High Point, NC.Their economy is a one trick pony.

Now this is a mixed bag as it also depends on your wallet to fix it.

and while I get the whole rental property thing that's no my personal cup of tea.. lots of other ways to make money in real estate.. top producing agents have no need for rentals usually you can do that and make great income your entire life.. 

A couple deaths, nursing homes, buying homes, etc.Had a horder..I think I took 40 bags of trash out of the unit.

I've had two occasions where the reference they listed told me not to rent to them because they were violent, late payers, or too needy.Not doing a criminal, credit, background check, which might have revealed criminal or credit problemsBeing slow to evict (mentioned by others)Believing their sob storiesAccepting partial paymentsFailing to document every conversation or interactionNot walking through the property to make sure they're taking care of it (I now walk through every 9 months so I can see problems in different seasons)We've found crack pipes and other paraphernalia after they moved outWe've discovered piles and piles of trash (some bagged, some not) in closets, basements, sheds when trash cans and pickup service are included in their rent - all they had to do was carry it out, at no cost to themWe've Found smokers, pets, extra peopleOverall, I've had great success as a property investor. 

They moved in with a broken washing machine that they set out on the back porch and left that behind along with a broken window air conditioner, a freezer they unplugged but left half filled with rotted meat, bags of mismatched shoes, broken furniture, childrens clothes, christmas ornaments, soggy bedding, rotting mattresses, more dirty diapers and, ironically, unused condoms.IF you can get a Section 8 tenant who can manage NOT to have a boyfriend/girlfriend/"fiance"/brother/sister/aunt/uncle/cousin/cousins children/babydaddy/babymomma/grandchildren come live with them because they've been evicted/kicked off someones couch/basement and have no place else to shack up you might have a chance to keep your rental unit in decent shape under this program. 

Bag up all garbage. 

Swag bag and auction were fun.

It can also be hard to get simple items you may take for granted such as name-brand clothing, outdoor gear or even hiking shoes, bags of cement, other building materials, tools, auto parts, boat motors, and any beer besides Belikin.