Both are good business practices - (1) having adequate capital to pay for items "out of pocket" as needed and (2) making sure your investments are protected.

As far as drugs, I would deal with it in a non-curable breach of contract section such as: Non-Curable Breach of Agreement: Any of the following events will be deemed a non-curable breach of this Lease; (a) Police raid upon your Premises; (b) Your arrest for possession/sale/storage of any narcotic/controlled substance/chemical or herbal contraband in or about the Premises; (c) Failure topermit Owner's entry to the Premises following receipt of adequate notice; (d) Failure to cooperate with Owner or any pest controller/fumigator/exterminator following receipt of notice of such services; (e) Defaults by you causing Owner to serve more than two notices to pay or quit, in any twelve (12) month period; (f) A misrepresentation on your Rental Application; (g) Delivery of any security door/gate key to anyone not party to this Lease.

This seems to an appropriate place to share the following:A Comprehensive Wealth Management plan:1.Creates and Grows Wealtha.Assures that their investments are appropriate to achieve desired goals.b.Reviews their income tax situation to make sure they are not paying unnecessary taxes on investment income and excessive capital gains tax.c.Assures their life insurance is adequate in case of premature death.2.Protects and Preserves Wealtha.Reviews current plans for paying for the consequences of life’s unknowns.

Or at the very least have a property that helps my ratios and improving noticibly monthly as well as still providing adequate cashflow.

Though I might make the time to write a letter to your agent's broker or, if he is the broker, to the real estate board for the region/state, outlining how your interests were not adequately represented.

He had too many questions and I felt we did not do enough to answer his questions adequately before he closed.  

To be fair, we are talking about legitimately run, adequately insured investment properties.  

Some advice: 1) Do not use listing prices as a comp for Escondido multiplexes (only look at sold prices - do not think it is a deal just because it is listed lower than other listings) 2) Do not forget cap expenses in calculations 3) higher density areas usually result in more work than lower density areas 4) South Escondido is trending in much better direction than North Escondido 5) even in Escondido finding SFRs that have positive cash flow is not easy 6) Tenants in certain areas value having adequate parking 7) Lourdes is not close to as good as it was last year, it is no longer clearly the best Mexican food :=).Good luck

These properties have adequate amenities with better cash flow and higher returns.

My rental properties are in the range of $175-$250k, so getting the funding was more problematic for me due to debt-to-income limitations, however my asset base was more than adequate.