But when presented as a reward for a specific act we want to encourage, the tenant is more likely to continue doing whatever you are rewarding her for.Gift cards can be an important tool when training tenants and reinforcing good behavior (e.g. reporting a repair promptly, even when the damaged item does not impact the tenant's comfort).This is certainly not to demean tenants -- after all, everyone's been one at some point -- but we can draw many landlording lessons from the training of dogs.

You are interviewing these people to live in your property and pay you rent on time.Did they bring all the required documentation you asked for.Can they provide evidence of thier jobWhat is their body language saying, when you are telling them your rules and regulations are the wandering around or are they paying attention to you.When you are showing them around listen to what they are talking about with thier partner or roommate.I have heard someone say that they wanted to paint a room and change the floor.

The 3-4 bed does not have as much of an impact unless the 4th bed is an absolute must.

They are making the biggest impact at the Sheriff/Foreclosure auctions, which is their main method of acquisition.

Body fluids and odors constitute a bio-hazard.

In regards to painting, your cost will be impacted by the house design.

If I were you, I would start by taking some time to make a list of all the tasks that you feel you could train an assistant to do while not impacting the value you give to your customers.

Corrections yes, but I think the tech choo-choo train has years to go- way past Google Glass and iWatches and at least until we all have chip implants in our bodies!

Assuming fair-housing laws are still in effect 20 years from now, Ralph had a good point that the more-relevant question is the impact from a socio-economic standpoint more so than from an ethnicity standpoint.

While increasing interest rates influence the market, the lagest impact is on the motivation of buyers.