Of course, sometimes there are valid reasons for a longer timeframe, such as seller or listing agent out of town, sick, etc.

MY advise is enforce a lease that calls for prove of renters insurance with pet rider with dog breed included. ...vet and shot records.. most of all meet the dog of course REMEMBER ANY dog can bite or be aggressive or a plain pain with barking etc...use common sense.

I just want some plain old decent middle class tenants, with plenty of income margin. 

I really don't want the situation to get any worse than it already is, and don't want anyone to get sick, including me trying to remove it myself.

I have put architectural grade shingles on houses where everyone else had plain old 3 tabs and since my houses always showed better than others in the neighborhood, paint etc, I feel I got my money's worth.

PA has a "Plain Language Consumer Contract Law" that most leases might not comply with.

Plain and simple.  

You may be over sold by 30 rooms one night and have housekeepers calling off sick and guest complaining about parking and paying for internet.

You can also search for Code Enforcement violations and Board of Health Violations here as well.Flood Map search - http://dnrmaps.dnr.in.gov/appsphp/fdms/It is important to know whether or not your home is in a flood plain.

In the case where a property owner is using a management company to manage their property and someone get's hurt due to negligence, i.e. management company does not fix broken stair and tenant falls on stairs, or a tenant complains to the management company about a mold problem, but the company does nothing about it, and the tenent gets sick, who is liable, the management company or the owner of the property, or is it both.