Unless you can afford to gamble on iffy applicants.Unless you absolutely can't find good tenants for your rental, and absolutely have no other choice but to accept sub-par tenants, don't do it.That said, you can add something like, "a combination of criteria may be considered on a case by case basis."

Then, you can only charge them for anything that was on the list that they did not do - or for damage that was not visible during the inspection or happened after the inspection.So, if you didn't do this, getting them to accept a deduction is a gamble. 

Tell her she'll have to tell her story to the judge, and you'll accept whatever the judge says.How much you wanna bet, she took out her rent money out of her checking account, so she couldn't use it to gamble with at the casino. 

Well, at least we identified the borders of your current knowledge and willingness to learn.If you're REALLY interested in learning, then go find the answers to these questions:1.

I bought a house close to a railroad track when that's all I could afford in WA state on the Canadian border.  

lately i been thinking of taking a gamble on a house in a area i wouldn't be instrested in  under other circumstances but these houses are so cheap  its a give me . is section 8 good in any area?

If it's a wash, or an unknown gamble, then you are wasting your time to do any more to the property.It's a tough decision only you can answer but right now it's costing you more money to hold. 

Aside from that, I'd prefer a known good tenant over a gamble any day.  

It's a gamble, though.Just be sure what you do is legal.  

If you're already heavily invested in capital gains stocks and your primary residence, I would say that you are introducing too much risk into your overall portfolio by buying (with leverage) an appreciation-only triplex.If you have a lot of other investments which generate cash-flow like dividend producing stock or cashflow REI and you like to gamble, I don't see a problem at all with buying this property hoping for some appreciation.Also, I would be wary saying you don't need the cash flow if you are only offsetting the negative cashflow with income from your job.