Let me know if you'd like a copy.Regarding background checks it has been a while since I managed my property in Texas but at a minimum have any prospective tenant fill out a thorough application.

@Imthiaz Ahmed The 4-unit limit is I believe a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac limitation: http://www.freddiemac.com/singlefamily/news/2017/1128_loan_limits.htmlAnything beyond that, and your investment is no longer backed by the government, which is why you can get the lowest rates on conventional loans (i.e. less risk).The question to ask yourself is, is a commercial loan all that bad?

For many apartments, they’d have to fill out applications on the spot and cross their fingers.Those days are over.

You can require an additional deposit, but PA law limits that to two months rent on the initial term.  3.

I deal with the tenants-- take phone calls, screen applicants, show apartments, collect rent, deal with maintenance issues (scheduling and hiring), find properties, market properties, plan renovations, buy renovation materials, assist with renovations and do bookkeeping for rent collections. 

I did this because I have aspirations to invest internationally in several locations in central and south America and didn't want to just talk the talk or be a wantrepreneur, rather put myself in the field and put the building blocks together myself..I am currently waiting for the CA Bureau to approve my license application so I can take the test to receive my RE license (completed the course work in Spring of 2018 while going to school full time, working part time).

Mudjacking raises concrete, but I question if the weight of the house is too much for this application. 

However I feel like we're a little limited when it comes to marketing ideas.  

From the sounds of it, I’m leaning on assigning a weight restriction, and limiting the amount of dogs and breeds a tenant can have on my property.

Because then late payments due to application failure, network outages, password lockouts, etc are not the responsibility of the tenant.