Depending on the reason you are noticing, time periods may vary as well.  

All the reason later in life he could stand there and take all the abuse he did.

@Whitney LeightonIs there a reason you would like him to sign the lease?

The reason for my question is because in our case, we bought our primary home and lived in it for 3 years before converting it to a vacation rental, which we have been renting short term for 7 years. 

The reason for this is that you end up taking a short-term rental to pull in a few bucks and that ends up preventing someone that would have wanted the place longer.

I would be concerned the animal would continue to damage the home.That, combined with their slow pay, is reason enough to give them notice to move (which is not an eviction) 

The reason is that you are paying a 10% withdrawal penalty AND income tax on the money.

.- Maintenance: They offer minor maintenance in-house, with the markup fee applying to expenses over $300.Do these terms seem reasonable to you?

For example, buy a single family home for $980,000 flip it for $1.4 million (true recent example in San Diego a realtor showed me).

For those reasons I would never buy on a land contract only sell.