I'm well educated (on paper at least!)

Simple things like "paying for hot water " may be customary in other markets but in the US market we would pay for water not hot water.

Some of my thoughts on the topic:http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2010/04/14/6-rules-for-managing-your-contractors/http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2010/04/07/the-paper-trail-every-rehabber-should-follow/http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2010/02/17/whats-in-a-contract-contractors-rehabbing-real-estate/http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2010/06/09/better-faster-cheaper/http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2010/05/26/are-you-sure-your-independent-contractors-really-are/

The marketing I do is actually very simple, but...I've done it for so long that...I don't even think about it.The biggest number of questions I get involves the marketing.

The other way which is the way it is going currently I am going to be out 6 weeks worth of rent, plus pay for whatever damages have incurred and all I will get is a judgment on a piece of paper that isn't worth anything.

Simple change, but helps usability a lot!

Could do a few items:Pay rent onlineAutosign a new leaseReserve common areas via the appInput maintenance requestsApt managers could push out rent remindersApt managers could also push out messages property wide w/o having to paper all doorsGood way to track and submit referrals

Why in the heck can't you people figure actual costs and provide reasonable estimates, is it that simple percentages makes your life easier for the lazy and stupid or is it that you need rules because you can't think?

The landlord can put that in the lease but it doesn't mean it will hold up in court.A judge will likely throw that part of the provision out and make the landlord go through the normal eviction process.We have a clause where the rent is late on the 5th and then an eviction fee of 150 is added on plus 10 dollars a day for each day they are late.The judge gives us the 150 and back rent as a judgement but sees the 10 dollars a day as excessive in most cases and will not give to us.We have it in there to make the tenant feel the heat and want to pay the rent instead of letting 10 dollars a day accrue.I am sure it is the same way with this other landlord.Most of their tenants are probably not fully educated on eviction law.So they assume they must leave by the 15th because they signed the paper.

It is simple cash accounting.