You can offer cash for keys like @Ryan Murdock mentioned, however if you don't file an eviction then you're not helping your fellow landlords, as when future landlords screen the tenant they won't see an eviction...We follow the eviction process, it can be a pain but it's the right thing to do. 

We screen well and don't rent to bums so it hasn't been a problem, and I rarely have more than 2 or 3 communications in an entire year with a tenant on my cell - and most of those are of my initiative, i.e.

The tenant screening is the same, but the analysis is different. 

Also, she knows that we screen for highly qualified tenants and we take good care of the property.

Another option would be to consider a property management software suite such as Buildium - I use if for everything from application to tenant screening to accounting, document storage, and tracking of maintenance requests, and could not function (or scale up) without it.For example, if a tenant enters a maintenance request, I can turn that into a work order, assign it (and email it) to a contractor from the system, and then pay the contractor via EFT or check out of the property's rental income (if desired) when I close out the work order.

Hello everyone,I just purchased my first rental, made it through the screening process, have a move in date set for a qualified tenant, and am wondering about what kind of documentation I should be preparing, and in what order?

Tenant screening is the key. 

The sites we're finding for tenant screening are more expensive than we're comfortable charging our potential tenants.

My tenant screening service is requiring me to change my online account password every 3 or 4 months.  

If it is a privacy thing that you and your wife don't want strangers over, then don't rent that room out or just continue renting it to family and friends.If you are worried about your safety when your tenant brings guests over, you might want to reevaluate how you screen tenants.