I don't know if it carries any true weight with landlords, but if your dog knows basic manners, get him/her CGC certified.

The beauty of creative thinking in REI.Maybe on your sale of the portfolio of 5 you would rather have an appraiser apply more weight to the income approach because you were a rockstar and go the total NOI to a place that exceeds what the value would be on more of a comparable sale approach.  

For renting purposes, the shower/tub allows all of the people interested, whereas a shower lessens the people who will be interested. 

Bird feeders are allowed, but should beat a sufficient distance as to lessen the chances of bird droppings falling onpersonal property."

Now that you fully realize your loss, I'm not sure how much you can lessen your losses. 

The police would not do anything more than take the report unless they saw the violations themselves, which they didn't, but citing the number of reports filed gave me some weight with the owner.  

I would put more weight on their credit and background check than the DL issue.

I wondered if my little bathroom could handle such weights on a constant basis. 

Smooth ceilings with knockdown walls is a nice combo. if you go smooth use all purpose, not light weight topping.

It gives no weight to the number of bathrooms, size of the house, condition of the house, or even if it's a house vs apartment.