You should also call your town or county's consumer affairs dept.

Defiantly interested in attending a meet BP meet up when I get into town.

That would be huge in my town.

In our area, the town does provide recycling cans - usually we go and get them from the town when we first set up an apartment - if the tenant breaks or loses the can, they are responsible to go get  a replacement.The town does provide garbage service and the tenants can put out up to 3 garbage bags at the curb on pick-up day. 

I do not accept couples renting their first property together, friends sharing rent, applicants from out of town, credit below 650, less than 2 years employment, pets.

You could airBnB it and use it as personal office space when it's not rented out(assuming the town allows airBnB.)

While we are talking very broad; you will likely finder better cap rates and rate of returns investing in UT/MD over NYC.Have you decided which cities/towns you will be invested in?

Vernon and Pig Town Areas.

My First post on Bigger Pockets :)In the Philadelphia Market I am seeing flips AND fix & rental popping up all over town.

Hi @Theodore Arzt yes sometimes they have a property manager or the owners wife, so the name wont match on the town records.Usually the ones that are this sketchy from the start don't make it through to the end like you found out.The rental market in Connecticut slows down a bit this time of year.Is your rental priced competitively?