One thought I had was writing in the lease that I can come by for monthly check ins to monitor the process and make sure he’s cooperating.

Even if its different subs, its still my helper labor that I need to pay each day those parties are there and my overhead to monitor the job in pieces rather than a full blown job.Of importance on the bid is an extremely detailed scope of work and fixed price for the work.

Plus, unless you can closely monitor your tenants, they'll fib about who is living there, or they'll want to argue about how often they take showers lol.  

Seems to be a reoccurring opinion from those that have responded.

Who monitors and enforces this?

@Terry Brennan, Sounds to me like this is a reoccurring pattern with nearly new tenants.

Water is big difference... that utility is usually paid by landlord , cost to sub meter is very expensive and you'll learn to monitor your bills.. you'll tell if extra person moves in or if you've go a leaky toilet. but good idea is to check meter when no one is around and see if the spinner is still, if no you've got a drip, or leaky toilet, so put up notices and inspect.

Amazon, Microsoft, Boeing plus many other major companies are creating so much growth, I would love to monitor locations this year).

My elicited experience tells me to keep things at status quo for now and monitor the rental market.I look forward to any updates you provide.

@Skye Anderson I’m not sure why you are counting the first two expenses as reoccurring annually.