I treat their homes like they are mine and I think that is hard to find. 

These are called verbal lease treated as month to month.

@Dennis Cosgrave thanks for your input, I will be discussing with my wife about managing it.She’s a really clean and quite tenant and treats the place like her own.My question to that would be if we offer to bring her up to market value immediately and install a chair lift for her (especially if it keeps her in there for another 10+ years) and possibly any other future partially handicap tenants to use, would that be a good or bad idea?

I would definitely make sure that you treat with service whenever there is a request for it, you should spray as needed

When it comes to analyzing deals,  do i treat myself as the "tenant" and factor in my mortgage as rent to calculate deals?

Then get rid of them by treating w poison.

Looking into advice on how I can get my tenants to help cover the cost of getting rid of bedbugs. douglas county MN The main floor unit seems to be the only unit that has them but it sounds like my one and only option is really to have the whole house treated both the main unit and the upstairs unit as we don’t know 100% where they came from.I obviously don’t want to cover the entire cost myself any creative ways to make a pitch to my tenants?

However, we will in some situations do an on-the-spot deposit return when a place is left pristine rather than making the tenant wait the 30 days the law allows us.We have found that what tenants really appreciate is being treated RESPECTFULLY and receiving good VALUE and service for their hard earned money.

As long as you both are clear on everything and treat them as you would a normal tenant I don’t see the problem.

So, do I roll the dice and keep it, get the sludge cleaned out periodically, treat it with chemicals and what not, or, should I move on and sell it?