Of course this can be minimized by properly screening tenants which I find a lot of landlords do not do in cook because the demand for rentals is so prevalent.

A screen door that needs replacing left just sitting on the balcony, a broken light fixture, framed renter instructions that had gotten broken and repaired with duct tape.... just very dumb stuff that I do not want to tolerate when it comes to how guests see my unit.

(if they're female)or a media room with a built in projector/screen if you're near a campus area.i only managed a few small houses. so Excel is all i need for management.Thoughts?

Buy a small MultiFamily (#Cashflow) Duplex/Triplex/Fourplex that you can BRRRRRR and  properly screen good tenants.4.

Who knows....they may have a legitimate reason that they weren't paying rent and want to pay going forward (if this is the case, I would still go through standard procedures of qualifying/screening them).

In addition - for our brand, we're developing technology in-house that allows us to screen renters based on a number of factors that keeps undesirable guests out (or less likely to sneak in) reducing overall cost-of-ownership. 

@Tiffany Thompson-damm  I actually think it sounds like you're doing a great job screening them yourself. 

Is anyone else having issues with the video advertisements on the right side of the screen?

@Nicholas Gallinot, I would only hire them if ithe agent is part of an actual PM company affiliated with those real estate brands, mainly because they have systems in place to deal with tenant screening, maintenance requests, collecting payments and issuing notices.

I have a paper screening and then only run credit background on candidates that meet a basic criteria rejecting one before moving on.