Finding a good tenant is never a guarantee but you can dramatically reduce the risk by screening them.The same is true of property managers.

It is not your money it is his and legally he can demand the return of any unused portion at any time.This applicant would not have passed my minimum screening requirements and would have been rejected.

Not your tenant, you didn't screen....no deposits is a BIG RED flag on the people you are probably dealing with and how the landlord handled them before...... my gut is that you probably want them gone any way.....Are you ready to deal with the expenses of clean up, rehab, vacancy etc now or do you financially need the dust to settle for awhile?

We just work to screen and fill any vacancy.

I've learned to better screen my tenants, had challenges torrent to use AHS for maintenance, etc.

Go to NETWORK at the top of your screen and you can search for other investors and investment groups in your area.

@Jack Gorman subscribe to trial subscription to Morningstar and screen funds.

Screening is critical in any market, but more so in Detroit.....

andDo you have a way of screening 'good' brokers?

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.