Get cash in hand and keep the security deposit approach as a backup to protect those funds for any damage caused.Court would be my last resort. 

If you have a leak in the roof, it will damage what you are fixing inside.  

Just Portfolio loan by each prospective rental property I buy. since I get maxed out at 10 on  my traditional conventional loans, so I am seeking out funding options to buy after I have 10 loans already on the books.

The house had prior termite damage, which I found years ago by doing things in the attic.

They get new jobs, get divorced, break up with their boyfriends/girlfriends, have fights with their roommates, and then they just move.You can’t physically force them to stay, and the reality is you can’t even usually legally hold them to the full obligation of the lease because almost every state requires the landlord to mitigate damages and make a reasonable effort to re-rent the place to another tenant.So whose hands are really tied by longer leases?

Appendix A is a statement of common charges (wall repair, damaged blinds, garbage removal, etc) that the tenant gets with the lease.

If you had one piece of advice to give the new agent to start generating leads or prospects and make the “jump” to become a successful agent, what would it be?

During an inspection on an egress window, we got accused or altering a wall arch we'd opened up and rebuilt due to water damage and issued a stop work order.

As a first time landlord, I was wondering if it was possible to use the tenants renters insurance to repair/replace appliances that have been damaged by the tenants?

I have a prospective tenant who would like to move in as soon as possible.Rent: $1200/month for two bedroom unit.