(primarily so they stop attempting to communicate demands that I believe are outside the signed lease)Again, sorry I am no expert in this area and we are total newbies but I would love to get a good group think idea from everyone on best courses of action.Sincerely,JF.

I make it more appealing by offering a refund at the end of the lease if there is no detectable pet-related wear and tear, including that which might be considered normal pet-related wear and tear.  

Checkout (BiggerPockets.com/events), to see what's going on around you.

I also plan on visiting the Traction Reia event on October 20 in Tysons if that's possible.

In the event one or two houses does become vacant and you have used leverage/debt, hopefully you've received good interest rates making your payments affordable.  

Although my company is not based in WA, we are both buyers and private lenders on lower $ ARV SFR properties throughout the U.S.Best of luck and continued success.

We are going through this right now.

I don't know if we are close to seeing the end of the cycle but I'm seeing more "dumb money" investors pop up every month.

@James Wachob  not to speak for Joel however we had a nice chat when we were both panelist at the big Oakland event.  

Although my company is not based TX, we are both buyers and private lenders on lower $ ARV SFR properties throughout the U.S.