In general, tenants are liable for damages caused when they breach a duty.

I underestimated tenant behavior, facing issues like property damage, lease violations, and evictions.Once I realized the importance of focusing on the right tenant segment rather than properties, everything changed.

just say rent is not being paid, or should i include things like unauthorized pets and damaging property by not having water on since may and sprinkler system disconnected, damage inside property?....

They usually dont damage the place because they all dont have permanent residence and dont want to get into conflict with anyone usually.

He hit a gas line (not a huge amount of damage), and there is an extra bill coming to me from the gas company for the fix/labor/material costs.

The extent of damage cannot be realized until the drywall is removed.

One option you might try is to go to Bi- Weekly Payments, this way you collect on the same cycle as their paychecks.As long as both of your tenants still have their jobs, I would ride it out, the 2nd thing is how are they maintaining the property, are you going to have to spend thousands of dollars on repairs because of damage to the property.

Who has had their rental significantly damaged by a hurricane/tornado/flooding?  

@Bryn Chatterton screening applicants will be SUPER important.This is a copy-paste from our website, so ignore some of the specifics.Robust Tenant ScreeningA bad tenant can lead to thousands of dollars of losses via unpaid rents, legal fees and property damages.

A month later the tenant moved out and owed rent and damages around $3,000.