Seeing how the yards of rentals are routinely destroyed makes me lean towards a condo set up, but I guess that comes back to your point about tenant quality.I am completely with you on finding a “respectable” place, I think that’s part of my issue.

And if they do call you trying to dig out info, stick with the canned response, as uncomfortable as it feels.

I understand, People get very uncomfortable entering new territories.

Then, after a few days, give her notice again - something is still wrong, you need to check again - go in a bang on the walls in the shower, remove the shower head, look at it, put it back on, look under the sinks, tell her she needs to move everything out from under the sinks - in other words, make it more uncomfortable for her to continue what she's doing than to stop.

This may feel confrontational or uncomfortable for you to say, but if you need to do it.

I included in my contract that tenants must be responsible for routine yard work and say how this falls under that category. 

Unless, you have that built in overall in the analysis.Personally, I would not consider switching to city sewer unless the entire septic system needs to be replaced and sewer is close.Septic is fine when system is designed correctly and routine maintenance is conducted.Hope that helps.

When I try to look up something like 'landlord breaking lease to sell property', the results are more about the landlord doing things to make it extremely uncomfortable to get the tenants to leave.

(I have had tenants turn the AC off when they move out or the heat in winter)- We require they have someone check on the property if they leave it for more than 5 days (This is to make sure there are no water leaks or HVAC issues that lead to problems while they are gone)- No businesses can be run from the property (to prevent day care, laundry services, gambling, drugs or who knows what)- We specify yard care includes week spraying and cleaning up sticks less than 1" in diameter (otherwise tenants think yard care is mowing only)- We state that tenants utilities can be used for routine maintenance or repairs (I once had a tenant complain the roofers were using his power for their compressors)- We have a whole section on mold stating that mold is naturally occurring and results from excess moisture.

When you try to please everyone, you fail every time.We would rather have a proven system that may make some investors uncomfortable and even prevent them from choosing our company.