You need to screen your tenants a bit better .

Right now, I'm trying to improve how I look for tenants and my screening process. 

That's definitely a combination of things like how we conduct our marketing of available properties, stringent tenant screening, as well as the current market. 

But I showed him my first property, the numbers, my Cozy account, how I was screening tenants, my leases and applications, bank accounts (showing I was running it separately of my personal finances), and some bigger pockets calculator results.

If you screened him properly, you would have verified his income and that this rental was affordable.2.

Just don’t over extend yourself financially, screen your tenants hard and don’t let the property fall into disrepair.

I up date it about every 6 months.. my banker will do a little intro talk about our 2 decades of working together and what our general daily balances are .. then if they need specific its just a screen shot or copy of the most recent statement.  

I've avoided all that nonsense for 20+ years by acquiring excellent newer properties in the better middle and upper middle class neighborhoods and putting into place top shelf professional management that clearly understands that everyone's life is made much easier long term by screening for only the best tenants and treating them accordingly.A very simple solution, but one that takes a bit of discipline to actually follow.

Go to NETWORK at the top of your screen and you can search for other investors and investment groups in your area.

That's not a good idea because they will likely resent you for the increase, probably can't afford it, and you haven't screened them to know if they are good renters or not.