In an expensive market like Portland if you can sell and buy within your 1031x that can be the deal maker.

Heating costs go up in winter, as does electric due to the reduced natural light and people being indoors more.

Yards and the exterior we require, for example, yard maintenance at a minimum every 2 weeks, with no "indoor" furniture allowed outdoors including on porches, and no stored items, no car parts, construction materials, or vehicles that are not currently licensed and operable.You can also require annual professional carpet cleaning in the terms of your Rental Agreement.

For the time being I'm not focusing much on my end-game, which is being able to make real estate a part time 6 figure income and then continuously improving throughput and/or efficiency.

But if you did enough due dillegence to know it is a great money maker then you can decide which way to go depending ou your resources, goals and risk tolerance.

It stank up the whole house, but they didn't smoke it indoors.

Quote from @Logan Larochelle: Your lease should address when rent is due, any grace period, when the late fee is applied, and how much that late fee is.Florida does not require a "grace period" so you can make rent due on the 1st and charge a late fee on the 2nd.It sounds like your lease doesn't address this?

IMO a license can only benefit a person looking to make real estate a long term profession.

@Noah Laker you buy a list from a list-maker, but what will that do for you?

It depends on the loan decision maker, who you can talk to directly in most cases.