Or, Brandon Turner's tip of going to Home Depot at 6am and trolling for hard working contractors.I just happened to see your response by accident.  

They each found good jobs within a couple weeks of moving here and I used the up front payment to get ahead of some debts.Of course, I was a newbie landlord and it never occurred to me this might not be legal in my state (I still don't know if it is). 

For example, in my county after the tax sale occurs you have ten days that you can raise the bid on any property.

For example, much of the energy boom has occurred in the heartland, bolstering former fly-over locations, long  overlooked by investors.3.

To prevent that from occurring, it has been suggested that maybe we Realtor/Investors should have the sellers sign something that states that they do indeed know that we are going to flip this thing for a profit.

Focusing on price to rent ratios in smaller cities and towns in faraway corners of the state might cause you to miss out on where the true growth seems to be occurring - here in Denver.

Its not so unforgiving as choosing a bad rental by accident.

My concerns:1) My condo has always been treated with pesticides over the years, I am worried his dog maybe allergic to the pesticides used in the apartment. 2) Accidents do happen and the pet may release herself  on the floor, I have very basic laminate floors and I am worried the whole apartment will smell like pet urine one day.3) My insurance policy has a pet exclusion clause, so maybe that is another sign to say NO to the tenant with pet?    

Kind of stumbled across them by accident 

I inform my tenants if they see a vehicle parked in the driveway that is unknown to call a towing company and have it hauled away... to my knowledge that has never occurred...