:c)First, if house is still settling, one would likely see fresh signs....

@Brie SchmidtIt looks like Farm Fresh and Walmart have a Bill payment service for the power company near mehttp://www.walmart.com/cp/Bill-Payment/632045It works through checkfreepay or moneygramhttps://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/3gaks...Curious what this service costs which uses checkfreepay and combines the utility bills into one bill:https://www.paylease.com/corp/managers/online-paym...

The property may take a bit longer to rent out this time, since its not as fresh as it was.

It's not too hard to install vents in bathrooms - as long as they are next to exterior walls.I like to put my exhaust fans on timers, but in the new rental I'm building, all rooms will have continuous exhaust features and the fresh air feature will be highlighted in my marketing.

@James Ritter, I'd refrain from wet dog or fresh-anthrax-smell  

They'll look fresh and new.

So, without a record, and tapped out of cash, I am boned for another few years until I can save up a fresh twenty or thirty grand?

I keep applications on hand for this purpose; or, you can start fresh, by not renewing the lease and get new tenants in who are okay with paying their own utilities.

A car that looks fresh off the set of Fast & Furious might be fun in CA but wasn't a real wise choice for ME winters.Another favorite are the tenants who refuse to move their vehicles when the plow truck arrives but then call later to complain that their driveway isn't cleared....As @Matthew Paul stated snow is not planned and rarely happens at convenient times.

Today president of HOA calls me and tells me he ruined all freshly put cement, everywhere they see wheelchair marks.