@Andy Rousch Renting to pet owners is the kind of thing you do as a landlord until you get burned.

There are more bad ones than good ones, so your chances of getting burned are at least as good as your chances of a smooth ride. 3.

We're talking folks from Korea, who sometimes started out in grocery stores and retail, had stores burned in the '92 riots, went through lots of hardship.

The tenant is king in Massachusetts and I got burned pretty bad in my MA investments due to tenants finding ways to not pay and squat it out, then pay just prior to eviction, rinse and repeat.  

For the first time in a decade, I have a tenant that wants to use the fireplace in one of my rental properties (SFH).It is gas powered so there is no wood burning required, but the fireplace is in need of parts, has never been tested, nor has it been inspected for safe use.I don't feel comfortable with the prospect of a tenant using a fireplace (wood burning or not) so I was thinking of amending the lease to prohibit the use of the fireplace.

@Cassidy Burns based in the response it does seem to vary greatly by location.

@Matt Burns he acquired his assets after the divorce.

You don’t want to burn it or toss their stuff only to have them come back for it and seek a judgment against you for not waiting out the appropriate time with their crap

Does anyone fear crashing and burning at some point if something unforeseen happened such as 2008? 

We get a pretty fat book with all of the research and projected financials for the first 5 years.