He looks like quite published and has avery relevant background to speak on such a topic: http://www.inman.com/2012/02/10/tax-reporting-tips...But there are detractors as well in the comment section, with someone (Steve Moskaluk) also very logically defending Stephen Fishman.What Stephen seems to say is: Issue $800 of 1099 to VA, issue $9.800 of 1099 to client, declare a business income of 1,000, and call it a dayOn the other hand, Buildium, PropertyWare and quite a few others like them, when you prepare your 1099 automatically at their site, prepares client 1099 for $12,000So what are we supposed to do?

Or you can just publish your listings on the web with a title of "<yourtown> Rentals Available - Address - etc".  

You should get with a publisher on it and write a book because I seriously would buy it!

@Paul Moore is coming out with a Bigger Pockets published book about self storage. 

This book explains how to handle security deposits in CA:  https://store.nolo.com/products/the-california-landlords-law-book-lbrt.htmlThis is a pamphlet that used to be put out by the Department of consumer Affairs in CA (they quit publishing it a few years ago), that contains a section about what you can charge as far as painting, etc., based on life expectancy of things.https://www.achhd.org/documents/California-Tenants-Guide.pdfAs to the cupboards - normal wear and tear is when something happens with normal use over time. 

I personally think its great for rentals - Eagledale, Lawrence, Beech Grove are good middle-priced areas just to name a few.This was published last May: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/05/how-to-be-a-landlo...

Finally- your state should publish a landlord/tenant guidebook- those are a great resource to give landlords an idea of their rights in your state, every landlord should be familiar with that book. 

All carrot, no stick.The 38% delinquency I reported from Upstate NY landlords were not published data from over-hyping media, it was based on surveys that member landlords filled out and the results were reported back to the group.If there is a similar survey in June, I will convey those results, too. 

As long as you have written criteria that is published to everyone, and they don't meet some part of that criteria, yes you can refuse to

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