Tenant proof your house (smoke alarms, fire extinguisher, locks, door stops, fix overdue maintenance).3. 

Rules are good, just make them standard ones that other good landlords are doing.An example of what not to do: don't say you're going to do quarterly inspections (only do inspections every 6 months max and just say it's to change smoke detector batteries and check to see if there are any plumbing leaks and you're in and out in 5 minutes). 

We schedule quarterly inspections to check the fire extinguishers, smoke alarms, air filters, and leaks under the sinks, which helps mitigate problems that would affect the health and safety of the tenant and costly repairs for the owner.  

A person walking their dog at that hour called 911 to report smoke billowing out from the roof. 

I lived in WA for nearly 20 years, from the White Salmon area to Seattle, Bellingham - I owned a house in Sumas on the Canadian border, too.You know what might work for Chelan for the workers who need to live there year round, is to find a LIHTC (low income housing tax credit) investor group to build an apartment complex or two in town. 

For instance, if they had a consistent track record of paying rent somewhere but got popped for smoking weed or writing a bad check 10 years ago, it may be a good candidate.

This makes me so angry, I now refuse to give any money to any of these big banks and will pride myself on every successful REO transaction that I can get a smoking deal on from these institutions.

That alone means anyone can set-up a class and get a book deal just alot of smoke and mirrors.   

Landlords really need to completely understand their right to say no to "reasonable accommodations," and any applicant who happens to belong to a protected class - just because someone's in a protected class doesn't mean I have to allow them if they also smoke and I don't allow smoking, or because they have an emotional support dog that's a pit bull, etc. 

Hammer= StilettoTool belt/bags= Occidental   Another important piece of gear especially for handyperson work is a tool carrier for all your hand tools, tubes of caulk, spackle, tackle, painting stuff, spare lightbulbs, smoke alarms, flamethrower, etc.