The only way to ensure that the yard is being cared for the way you want is to do occasional check-ins.Hope this helps!

If not and you wrote them the check, then most likely the $ is gone and suing for that money will cost you more than $1000 unfortunately.So cancel the agreement and request the funds

At that class of property, the delinquencies are not low and have to be properly accounted for.The reason I asked how long you have owned is that it takes a while to recognize the sustained expenses.Obvious is to get rid of the poor tenant. 

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I have a property manager, but my checks are only a few hundred a month if I'm lucky after all the fees and expenses.

Both my wife and my background is in manufacturing, specifically operations, customer service, and project/account management. 

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I'll check them out. 

It’s worth double checking to see if it did.

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