Both of those items can cause major issues if not corrected, extra damage from racoon feces, chewing on wood and wires/insulation around wires or mold and damage to wood and drywall from a water leak, worse if its a sewage leak.Being a landlord is not just collecting the rent it is managing the property.I do not take it well if a tenant threatens to not pay rent, or complains about things I can not control like the neighborhood. 

You can easily chew up a whole deposit if the tenant has been at all rough with the property.I would suggest get a deposit equal to a month's rent going forward.Most places require that the tenant get an itemized summary and the balance of their deposit within 14 days.

Make it legal and I then you can require they just chew gummies.

@Collin Chew That's terrible advice.

Ideally the property will need cosmetic updates, but don't bite off more than you can chew. 

Ideally, I would like something with 3 to 6 units (duplexes don't seem to cash flow in PVD and there's too much competition from owner operators who only need to put down 3% to qualify) that needs minimal to no work as I'm not looking to bite off more than I can chew with my first purchase. 

Since will be our first investment property, we want to make sure we don't bite off more than we can chew...allow for newbie mistakes, etc.  

@Salvador Benavides  As a brand new agent, this seems like you might bite off a lot more than you can chew. 

I believe this guy just bit of more then he could chew and now that the rug was pulled from under him he wants money.Thank you all I’m advance I appreciate any insight into this matter.

I personally like bigger dogs than smaller ones - they often behave better and don't scratch and chew as much as the smaller ones - so weight isn't much of a factor to me.