Control over my family's financial future.Separately, my identity is tied to learning and improvement and my daily routine reflects it from the minute I wake up.

I have one now that was at least willing to write the offer, but was uncomfortable about it.NJ is a new area for me, and finding a good agent has been the biggest issue for me.

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.

Our clients routinely cash flow $500-$1,000 a month net of our management fees on simple single-family residences.