We'd need some property details to be specific about rate and term.

The website says that the section 8 tenants generally pay 30% of their income.

The best data is not on those websites and it's not cheap.

All you have to do is spend a year or two reading some of the horror stories on this website and you understand, at some point, that a lot of people who get into rental properties simply have no business managing anyone's rental property, least of all, their own.

You have to pay to sign up with different notary websites to get in their directory (there are only 3 good ones) which cost about $150-$200/year.

It really comes down to what specific documents you need from the tenant that you'll feel secured and comfortable of renting it to him/her.The typical criteria would be credit, background check, renters insurance, first + last month of rent + security deposit.

If it's still raining outside, if you can get the carpets in a garage and under industrial drying fans, you may still be able to get them dry.6) if the water soaked any drywall, you'll need to cut that drywall out and throw it out.7) rent a bunch of industrial drying fans from home depot/lowes (they are specifically designed to dry up houses that were flooded, and soaked carpet.

I have a specific criteria for screening which has nothing to do with any race, creed, color, religion or anything else.

Next lease, maybe add a specific clause about taking care of the exterior?

Over the years I've worked with brokers that would figure out 6 different ways to do a deal and then we'd compare them all against what the specific goal for the deal is.Mike