So the odds of them avoiding you and never showing, paying or contacting you are probably higher than them showing up at your door.Then, of course, try to screen tenants more closely, and this may hint at another issue with the pm if they got you tenants with problems that could have been detected with a standard screening procedure...

The upfront fee ensures you do not give away the $50-100 deduction without assurances you get full rent rate.Owner finance purchasing from other investors is a whole other topic. 

If I buy house for cash and then refinance, can I deduct interest from my taxable income?

I'm by no means an expert on this topic, but have been doing some research, and it seems like the standards are tighter than they used to be.  

This sounds like a lot of pain, but I guess you could try it with one unit to see...For the others I would rent these on a much longer term basis, such as a 6 month or 12 month minimum pursuant to standard screening checks.  

Once I acknowledged that everyone lives differently and there's not really anything I can do about it, I let it go.We've still have our standards, but have adopted a pay-as-you-go approach.  

Others will know more, but I think you can only deduct expenses for the rented units.

And our taxable deduction was very easy to ascertain since I took them all back Deed in Lui or a straight out foreclosure we just wrote off the Debt amount and accrued interest..

I used Word to print cursive addresses on standard envelopes.  

Keep in mind with two separate structures, there is more "hair" and R&M than a standard triple decker - ie two roofs, foundations, waste lines, etc.