The key thing is they are still responsible for the fee to break early (which is just the equivalent to 2 months rent if in the least and 1 month if month to month), so if they just up and left with no notice and still in the lease, it's 2 months rent + they loose the security deposit on top of that.The big reason for all this is to protect your stream of income and reduce vacancy.

When you live on site the tenants will bug you constantly.

That said, I do my best to make my ad stand out and constantly tweak the headline to keep it fresh.After 3 weeks of the usual headline (Renovated 2/2 in "Great Town", FL, All New Appliances) or similar, I decided to get creative and a little offbeat.

Since he owned several properties on which he was constantly having work done we simply agreed he would get any material surpluses to use on his rental properties. 

Your goal is to have a min of 7 different stream of income by the time you retire.Best of luck

Thank @Mike Wadsley I was more thinking about leasing part of my own commercial lots for the purpose of an additional income stream.

Austin's housing trends have shifted every few months, over the past year, with the constant influx of new residents and pressure on inventory.

I'm constantly networking my way to more buyers...

We like the idea of various income streams.

If you would like to inform folks of the reality of realty you'll have a heck of a job ahead of you, there is a constant stream of newbies asking questions and self appointed experts that are far from it giving bad advice.An example, it was just mentioned that properties are put under contract at par (which would be market price, asking price) then a profit is added and the contract sold.