Posting goals here on this thread can help to act as a form of accountability. 

Also, I'd add that any second position debt, preferred equity, or their brother's, sister's or cousins in any shape or form are at #2 on this list, in really any asset class. 

Quote from @Taylor Dasch: For me, the most success that I have had as far as getting a conversation with the actual owner is D4D and then knocking on the door.

It’s about the relationships you form.

I told them no, they said the best they can do for a mortgage was for me to pay 50% down.

Please keep those posts in the Classifieds forum.Need a spreadsheet or form?

But if they don’t even bother to fill out the forms to apply, or get a basic job to make ends meet, or borrow money from family or friends/ somebody else besides you, then they can’t stay.

(yeah, maybe I shouldn't be broadcasting my sick twisted forms of entertainment and strategy should I)BUT, most importantly is KNOW YOUR MAO and follow the math. 

Quote from @Sami Gren: I start by making the original tenant fill out a form requesting to add a new renter, and they pay me a $50 processing fee (I charge a $50 fee any time I make changes to an existing lease). 

And I would say that that is how it has been for me over the past year with my Airbnb's in Costa Rica.