As typical in society today, instead of addressing the source of the problem, we enable deadbeats and penalize the successful. 

Enabling people with spending problems is doing them a disservice.

However, it doesn’t have to happen to you, nor should it.You will hear that deadbeat tenants know all the rules, which enable them to stay in your property month after month without paying any rent.

One thing I learned in this life,  is that you don't enable people. 

She said it will help her budget her money and enable payments to be timely.

Also note that this was a unanimous decision of a very "blue" state Supreme Court.http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/201...See Also, San Francisco Housing Authority:http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Housing-Auth...See Also this review article:http://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/cgi/viewcontent......paying particular attention, perhaps, to this: "Nonetheless, banning legal firearm possession in public housing enables government interference with otherwise legal gun ownership, strips residents of an important means of self-defense, and very likely

It will get you energized and may be focus you a little bit towards RE investing, and it will enable you to start step by step if you would like to.

Excel makes the most sense unless you can find a free tool; with that said my wife and I own Tenant Watch which offers background checking solutions / tools for landlords to enable them to pull the most comprehensive background checks on your potential applicants.  

Many people get gov't support which enables them to pay on time.  

But,Pros:Tenants will be less likely to act up knowing the landlord is blocks away.It enables more of a community, where you aren't just the guy that collects checks, but gives you an opportunity to invest in shaping the kind of neighborhood it is.