Next time I am in town I will stop by and check out your work.

Then if they don't' pay and don't want to move, you have to evict which in Chicago means 6-12 months and/or "cash for keys" (landlords please stop doing that it just incentivizes these people).

All these statutes supercede any written contract between landlord and tenant.Now, if they stop paying, then you do not have the restrictions above. 

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After 1-2 weeks they told me the tenants stopped paying rent after the first month.

I stopped paying the 1%+ and my principal finally started to decrease, significantly.My suggestion is that you ask brokers for recommendations that are in the area where you are purchasing your property and keep calling banks and save thousands of dollars you can use to invest for your next purchase.Two things:  Your broker wasn't getting rich on a 1% commission and the 1% you paid to your broker didn't keep your principal from decreasing; it was probably the cash out he got you (and at a higher LTV than the bank would lend you I might add).Banks and brokers each have a place in the lending arena.Stephanie 

Then you stop getting nickeled and dimed and they all most always show up.

I live in a VERY high demand tourist area with lots of rental properties and I have been working in property management for 5 years. 2 years ago, I ventured out onto my own because I was pregnant and wanted to work from home and stay with my baby.

I stopped buying sfh's as long term rentals here in illinois.

After more than a decade I have stopped BRRRR-ing a couple of years ago when the market started going nuts.