Being an effective property manager means having policies and procedures for dealing with all requests.

Start by finding out their procedure around renewals, along with renewal fee, before making the move.A GOOD PM should:Not only look to renew, but ALWAYS renew with an increase (even if it's small)Manage lease term expirations (Ex.

Follow procedures that keep you qualified in your insurers eyes, and ask them blunt questions about how you could screw up your coverage.

If you do not have a lease break procedure then mine is usually a 60 days notice, and a lease break fee of 2 months rent, or alternatively I've also done a 60 days notice and a forfeiture of the security deposit. 

I did own 1 duplex in the area before moving.Currently I self-managed a small portfolio of 2 SFRs but have constantly tweaked my management/ processes & procedures until it has become seamless.

dentites are well known for being lousy investors...Steve as long as they are not Anti Dentites  although frankly most of the medical dental professionals I deal are pretty darn sharp.. although there was in the day when Doctors got ragged on pretty hard as private pilots.. forgetting to put the gear down seemed to be a favorite.. but In my airplane community there are many doctors and dentist and they totally dispel the myth .. which this is all a big myth.

Ive listened to "the book on managing rental properties" by brandon turner. in the book, in podcasts, it is repeatedly stated to form a process or procedure for every aspect of your business. ive decided to begin putting my binder of processes together so that i may reference it when needed. what do your processes look like?

The tenants you want will have access to internet and will follow the procedure of how to qualify for your unit.

Often they will have the procedures and forms.   

I lived in Longfellow from 2011-2015 while my wife attended dental school (as it is walking distance to the dental school).