Thanks Account Closed I am an analyst by nature with a devil's advocate view point.

And seeing that you're a programmer you might like the open source nature of it.

house nearby it is rented to the sister (naturally husband no job ) never had a problem with them so far.

If you are already a business man by nature, sell you self well and know how to do business (buy low sell high), then you may not need it.For me the earlier you start the better.

$1.40 per gallon equivalent for compressed natural gas here in OKC.

What next, free natural gas?

Then there's stain, but won't they taint the natural color of the wood and make it look like something else?

This means that I will be doing showings to prospective tenants, inspections, evictions and things of that nature.

I realize I should probably apply the initial $50 deposit by nature of it being a "pet deposit", but would you deduct the rest of the extermination fee from the normal security deposit or count the $25/mo funds toward this and give them a full security deposit refund?

Nature's Miracle and a steam cleaner works pretty good for pet odors, but if you're to the subfloor you'll have to follow Account Closed advice.