It's also great to be able to hear them talk to each other, if it's a couple, or to see who they bring with them, and do they smell like cigarette smoke, etc.Good luck.  

if it's a bad property and you shouldn't be in it, well then that says it allif you have no cash, maybe take on an equity partner on the property to give you cash to rehab and max the property out.. ie you give me 20k cash to fix this, I give you the extra rents for x time, include an option to buy out partner on your terms.if you can't evict as LLC and can take the loan, why not transfer title to you, evict, transfer back, smoke cigar.or maybe just get out pal.. you seem in over your head.. best of luck

I'd double check that statement with some independent verification to make sure the realtor is not just blowing smoke.

And once the lease starts, if you discover you wished you'd written different parking rules, or put in a different rule about how long guests can stay or smoking on the property, etc., etc., you are stuck.  

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

If it was a bunch of cigarette butts (been there) I'd charge the tenant.Also, be sure and tell all your tenants that flushable wipes aren't flushable. 

Some random guy walking down the street throws a cigarette on your lawn and ignites it and that causes your neighbor's house to burn down. 

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.