One resident was slightly late for a few months as they temporarily lost their auto repair job,  but were rehired and caught up.There are definitely some freeloaders/opportunists out there,  but they are a small minority  (low single digits percentage if not sub 1%) - no comfort if you happen to have one of them -  but odds are fairly low.   

Security Cameras to show no one smoking outside, so once you do find some proof (ashtray, butts, whatever) you have a smoking gun

We were able to address it by putting CCTV cameras and getting the tenants to participate in a neighborhood crime watch.Another challenge was we found the previous owner did not install some of the roofs properly so we had to replace some of them.Lessons Learned:1.

Something along the lines of "5% if we have to pay a cooperating agent, but we'll reduce that to 4% if we keep both sides of the deal" - But clearly, we're talking single digit savings here, which is normally not going to allow you to negotiate a huge discount just because you are unrepresented.)In many cases, the view of the listing agent/broker is If I'm dealing with an unrepresented buyer, that just means I have to do three times as much work to close this deal (because now I have to do my own work as the listing agent, in addition to all of the stuff the buyer's agent would normally do)...Many (especially high volume) listing agents don't like working with buyers, lenders, inspectors, and appraisers, and all the other plates the buyer's agent has to keep in the air, and would actually prefer to just pay the commission and have a strong buyer's agent keep everything on track. 

@Brendan Markle I work for a digital marketing company and have had a client who does fix and flips in York pa for the last 5 years and they are killing it.

There are still some great options out there which may be able to help you cast a super-wide net (get a new listing for the property up and posted to 10+ major rental listing sites, managing listing responses + scheduling viewing times, tenant screening w/ a fully comprehensive application, digital lease creation, online rent collection, and maintenance request tracking in one spot).

Yes, by a NACHI-certified home inspector equipped with a thermal imaging camera.

He told me about hiring a company that has a camera (they do not have one) and they can identify the location.

Your 7 digit deal exemplifies patience :-).

I’m wondering if there is a way to manage by a digital key pad in the front door and having the renter check it out for themselves.