Carefully monitor your vacancy rate.

I live in the peninsula and monitor it on and off.

VRBO does not monitor payment 2 or 3.

There are usually some good, local investors that monitor those forums.

I kept monitoring it over time on credit karma just to see my progress.

Been using ACH pulls for rent payment through eRentPayment.com and love it, but only works if the dollar amount stays the same each payment.Looking for suggestions on controlling ACH payments for reoccurring bills with a non-regular amounts. 

another thing to consider before you add a bunch of questions to your screeningsyou have to play in the everyone gets a gold star for participation arenathat means if you question someone about certain topics when it comes to there financial well being you may end up in courta lot of the rental questionnaires are controlled and monitored by statethey are a lot like the employment applications and the referral calls after a person has been fired from a job, if you ask certain questions you could end up in hot water be careful and have a attorney look over your lease agreements in the state you are doing business inenjoy

But Nevada for sure will nail you.. they tired to nail me. .and I just talked about doing a loan on BP and got a nasty gram.. either someone on BP turned me in or they are monitoring it.. 

I'm monitoring a target area that sold 20+ homes in the last 6  months and is currently listing around 20 more.

A lateral isn't something typically covered in a remodel and isn't something you can easily actively monitor.