Depending on what we find, we'll call the emergency contact after looking in the house. 

I do have a Heloc but have already used a good portion for two other rental properties that I purchased and would like to leave some room for emergencies.

Renting our current home in an emergency scenario would help too.

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I was trying to weed out the overly needy and everything is an emergency applicants but I'll see what I can do to narrow it down.

Depending on the neighborhood class and the condition of the home and its amenities, you could also potentially market to relocations and people displaced by emergencies as they tend to have families and are looking for quality living spaces.

The people in that first category just haven't had to deal with an emergency yet, but they will, it's just a matter of time. 

First, you need to have some savings sitting around in case of emergencies (car repair, medical issue, water heater breaks, etc.).

It is pretty obvious your situation with this tenant is never going to get better, just rip off the band aid now.PS I have reimbursed a good tenant for having emergency repairs before.

In Las Vegas, rent increases are not allowed during the covid emergency declaration.