As others have mentioned, to prevent such problems, hire a service that regularly caters to thoroughly cleaning the property and performs pest maintenance and control.

As well as looking at Zillow, you can also look at vacation rental listings on websites like Airbnb and VRBO to get a clearer picture of the market.If you don't have a location in mind already, you'll have to do more thorough research.

Rather than people just saying a property is a good investment I would love to have someone prove that I am wrong by having a friendly and constructive argument that consists of a thorough and complete analysis.Stick one toe in the water at a time and wait to see how the temperature feels before you regret finding out that you based your projections on a totally incomplete analysis.

Do some very thorough underwriting.

So, going forward I know to thoroughly look through the meeting minutes etc.And while I was working as a CAM I can definitely tell you that most people don't read their documents, and don't know what they're really signing up for. 

And even if you do qualify, rest assured the IRS will do  thorough job of reviewing the rest of your return

One should still do a thorough analysis before committing to buying.

I'll follow your advice to get the necessary info and will do a thorough inspection.

You should certainly analyze each deal thoroughly but today's market rewards decisive action.

I've self managed all my properties for 19 years and have yet to experience a horror story, but I'm patient and I vet thoroughly  Why the reluctance of self-managing a property that is so convenient?