They are trapped working for money while you are making money work for you.

The Court of Appealaccepted certification and, in a published decision, held that: 1) the 90-day noticeprovision in section 1954.535 applies in all jurisdictions, including those withoutrent control ordinances; and 2) when a landlord terminates a tenancy agreement,thereby causing the termination of the HAP contract with the government agency,the 90-day notice provision of section 1954.535 applies.

I believe that's another perfectly acceptable solution and it's even outlined in section 3 of their documents.  

Is there any water infiltration anywhere or insects/animals living in it.Are you looking at $100,000 in repairs and up keep over the next couple of years or has the house been well maintained and up dated as needed.

And I can't tell you how many times I caught Portlanders either pulling into my driveway to relieve themselves, or to release their humanitarian-trapped mice.  

Trap the cats?

The push in section 8 to the suburbs certainly helps explain these issues.

Too many people get wrapped up in the whole "what is my house worth thing".The problem is when someone buys an expensive house, and is trapped in it because circumstances change, or that they want to do something different with their life.

If a drug dealer tenant locks a dog in the kitchen 24/7 and the dog freaks out because she's trapped and alone and tries to claw her way out, what you have is a human problem, not a dog problem. 

Originally posted by @Kurt Gardner:@Nick StoddardKeep it as simple as possible.OP specified he isn't renting C-D class properties, A & B properties garner their higher rents because of amenities, keeping it simple means you're posting on here all the time wondering why you can't rent it, these properties attract better quality tenants who take care of the properties better also you can and must put in some features to warrant the higher rents.Nick keep the ^^^^ in mind, you dumb down your rentals due to listening to people giving advice from perspectives of properties different than yours and you'll end up shooting yourself in the foot when you have trouble renting it due to your competitors properties offering more the money.Many landlords are cash flow investors, not equity investors, their properties are lower quality, lower quality tenants, lower expectations, lower rents, they step over dollar bills to pick up pennies, having a penny pinching mentality, don't fall into that trap.