Also to an earlier point about taking some of Brandon advice with a grin of salt know he started buying at the deepest part of the last recession, which was probably the greatest buying opportunity in 75 years.So his advice may not be super applicable if you live in a expensive market that’s now very much a sellers market.

Resident shall notify theOwner/Agent of any leaks, drips, water fixtures that do not shut off properly, including, but not limited to, a toilet, or other.Move-in Move-out checklist:http://www.griswoldremgmt.com/uploads/files/move-out-inspection-checklist.pdfFYI, in a part of their lease agreement, there is a move in check list which they have signed it and by that have already accepted that every item in the list was clean in the time of their move in. ( Clean items are indicated by CLN in the list.)

You can use your VA to it's max limit which may or may not be more than one house.

Those rules were applicable decades ago.

Having a firm never sell rule may be limiting and unwise depending on the situation.  

What advice do you have on screening applicants?

I know nothing about the area, but when I did a hotpads search, it seems like your rent projections are towards the outer limits.

I believe high demand will continue in the future and vacancy will be limited to less than a month (in 5 years of ownership and 4 tenants, turnover vacancy has ranged from overnight, to 1 week).  

Hi,We are in a situation where we have multiple qualified applicants wanting to rent our house. 

They use tenant rep brokers to do that and then present to them if it looks promising.An exception is if you have an incredible site and limited options then they might deal with you directly.