• Should utilities, internet, or services like snow removal/lawn care be included, or not?

We use RentRedi for tenant screening and management, lease documents, automated late fees, messaging, maintenance requests. 

@Ashley Kehr I use a combination of Apartments.com for rent collection, RentSpree for tenant and background screening, and Stessa for accounting.

Common fees will include a set-up fee, a leasing fee for each turnover or a lease renewal fee, marking up maintenance, retaining late fees, and more.

As far as renting, I'd say find a good neighborhood and do good tenant screening. 

Many guests are fed up with all the chores AirBnb hosts require of them while charging cleaning fee. https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexalisitza/checklist-fees-screens....

It's great for a landlord if the tenant is properly screened. 

. -- Thus, you can expect to get Class C or D tenants, which have a 15-25% probability of defaulting on their lease payments.2) If your PMC is lowering FICO to 550, what are they doing to improve their screening in other areas?

Hi @Tyler Koller I've used apartments.co for screening and rent collection in the past and it worked well. 

If your leasing application process is thorough and well thought out, and if your lease agreement has been well drafted by your local attorney and if it includes clauses that permit you/your property manager enough latitude to maneuver and anticipate undesirable tenant behaviors, both actions and inactions, and you have operational processes which align with enforcement of your lease, then you've done all you can do to reduce this inherent risk of an undesirable tenant.