I got an inquiry from a family with a mid-size dog.

If the cat or dog keep comming back to the area to leave their unrine or feces, can I ask the tenants to do some cleaning up to keep the area clean? 

If you decide to take action at the speed you are comfortable with and have the financial resources available to run it as a profitable business you will probably be much happier in life, and sleep a lot easier.Also realize that the term landlord means business owner as well as investor.

If you purchase a townhouse/condo that only sleep 5 or so people you are competing with hotels.2023 was not a good year for the market.

As an investor that started bird dogging, then wholesaling and then a buy-and-hold landlord in single-family homes, I've always been local. 

With a previous tenant in 2019 I charged $35 for that tenant with a small dog.

Others dog it until they see success.

They often work long hours too and primarily come back to sleep so we get nicer mattresses and linens.

If you do the latter, you need to screen the new person the same way you did the first person.I offered to let her have roommates, but she doesn’t want to deal with it because she has no one that she would trust to do it.She said “You know I have a big *** dog, but you didn’t know that I like to walk around the house naked too” hahahaSounds like I’m losing this one. 

On the loud music, you have to be able to knock on their door and say, "Listen, the music is so loud we can hear it through our walls and we can't sleep... you're going to need to turn that down after 9pm... or whatever the right answer is to you.