For future leases add a clause that illegal activities are not allowed and will be cause for termination of the lease.He was not responsible for the late rent due to the government shut down, for all of the other items, he is fully responsible.

I have found all utilities has been shut off.

@Brandon Bartley bummer you moved out before, that shuts the door on a regular H(ome)ELOC.

Have seller who has painted windows shut so not operable.

Will make a point to better utilize my time away from the restaurant.

Most annual renters here are restaurant workers or people tied to tourism or retirees.In the 3 years that we have known this gentleman he has only had one renter that lasted for 4 month before she told him that she could not afford the rent.Gentleman does not need the money, but finally figured he still could make some money off of his property.So he approached me and asked if we would manage vacation rentals in his unit for him.I told him I was not interested in managing for him but if he was interested in renting to me and let me sub lease to do Vacation Rentals my self we might have a deal.He said he would rent 5 units out of 7 since he wants one for himself an 1 unit for family members when they visit.So I said give me a price for all 5 units to lease.He came back at $2200 a month if I rented all 5 units.I told him that would work.I then asked, how about if I give you one year rent upfront on 5 units, We finally agreed on $100,000 up front for annual lease of 5 units.That works out to $1667 a month per unit , what's that work out to?

I am looking for areas where the Vegan restaurants are going, the Microbreweries, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, etc.

They are probably tired of cleaning sewage out of the bathroom and running out to the water shut off at 1 am when their 7 year old uses the bathroom in the middle of the night.And rightly so.In short, doing maintenance properly (and timely) is hugely important to keeping good tenants for the long term.Now, I am not advocating that you perform all requested work all the time.But you need to be vigilant to take care of items that may seem inconsequential to you, but frustrating to your tenants.The more you focus on putting yourself in their shoes, and attempt to be reasonable to their demands, the better.Ultimately, it is a judgement call—how nice should your finishes be?

The last thing I want is to be shut out and lose the opportunity.

I see what someone is capable of before allowing them to do any significant amount work and if they aren't good, steady workers, aren't trainable, don't listen to instructions (and I have someone that knows how to do whatever is being done ON SITE, or produce poor quality, I shut it down-- Thank you for your help, your credit is $xx, I'll credit your account tonight, that's it for today.