That going forward, they need to conduct themselves in a professional and respectful manner with you at all times - as you do with them.

If you want to try and achieve this sort of cashflow with Single Family / 1-4 MF, I respect your ambition and wish you good luck, I don't think I would be able to achieve it. 

I want to be respectful of the tenants, but need to work around my schedule. 

Show patience and understanding – they’ll appreciate your respect for their privacy!

In the US and Canada, their sample area, there are around 1.2 m and 210k new housing starts respectively in the US and Canada each MONTH, which makes the jump in ZE units from 13k to 22k a bit less dramatic.

If I factor the 4k I put down down on purchase, then I deduct from those margins leaving me 16k & 31k, respectively.

Francis:  All due respect, and it may be common practice in your area, but not in NJ.

We’re fortunate in Idaho to not have as unfriendly a state government with respect to landlords.

Even if its only a couple places as long as your not making it super difficult on people and your respectful I think people respond well to that. 

I'm not trying to be disrespectful but I say "GO" with your gut and installed nice kitchen furnishings, (and see what happens), and "IF" your nice kitchen furnishings are destroyed then he/they is/are to be held accountable, (and ask for strong security deposit),I remember when I was hired for JcPenney and it's JcPenney Store Manager walked through lamp section (where I was working and dusting and re-arranging lamps) and said to me that I had belong in "Fine Jewelry" Department and moved me into "Fine Jewelry" Department (where I was required me to hold keys for "Fine Jewelry" Department)...This had lead me to seeing video of how person is "Judge/Misjudge"...In video 2 different men (at separate times) walked into "Fine Jewelry" Department,In 1st video the man was professionally dressed and it's "Fine Jewelry" Department Rep was eager to help him (later she learned he didn't have any money and he walked out) and he didn't say "Thank You",Then....In 2nd video the man was homelessly dressed and it's "Fine Jewelry" Department Rep wasn't eager to help him (later she had learned he was millionaire who did have money, and never approach him (and she lost sale)) and he did say "Thank You"...So moral of this comment is: "Just because property is in bad area doesn't mean tenant/tenants bad person/people..Let your property be different from other properties to give tenant/tenants a chances/chance of "Positive" hope"...Yet at the end of day you R "Final Decision Maker and I will respect your feelings..."