Sometimes killing them on site will only make the problem worse.   

@Caleb Heimsoth $1000 referral fee may be needed for a professional but I bet most people you meet in the street or the garage or at the open house  or the guy at a construction site will be thrilled with $500.

Personally, I wanted something at least 60k people strong as I felt like it would be easier to find renters, but I've seen plenty of threads on here where people are doing well with rentals in much smaller markets.I went to Sperling's Best Places to Live site and looked up cities I was interested in. 

Use bigger pockets to promote it as well as sites like craigslist as well.1k isn't a ton but work it the best you can brother

I know that this site (biggerpockets.com) is mainly for the US but I hope I can catch some interest.

I've just been informed by the HOA that the building-wide hot water heater failed.

Just heard the hot water heater failed and it will be 3 days until they get a new one. 

In your case its late on the 2nd, unless that is a public holiday, then you serve it the next day because that's the day its late.In your case with a persistent late payer, I'd try to do a personal service and if that fails a nail & mail service.

I will go the site Josh recommended and pay the owner to give me the keys without a lease.

I created my own rental property calculator in a spreadsheet which is roughly based on the calculator on the site.