Don't skip property inspections; they can save you from unexpected expenses down the road.

Addressing these issues promptly can prevent accidents and illnesses that could harm your tenants and leave you liable for damages.Attracting and Retaining TenantsMaintaining your rental properties in good shape can help you attract and retain high-quality tenants who are willing to pay a fair rent for a well-maintained property.

He had verbally agreed to get caught up on rent last week - but I had not heard from him in over a week and he stopped responding to my messages - so half of me got worried that something bad had happened to him (because this behavior was unusual), and half of me was pissed (if he was avoiding me on purpose).Without going into too much detail (for now; I can add details later), the current situation is supposedly (based on what his fiancé told me) that he got into a car accident a week and has been in a hospital in a coma. 

I am getting nowhere with Quickbooks - they will not release our account all the way to me even though I'm not a master admin - since the bookkeeper did not release me from her wholesale billing account I cant "delete" her off of our QB access and QB says there is nothing I can do - seems to be crap since that is my information I paid for.Tsheets worked fine with me and she did release some of the other apps we used for automation to us but this one she is leaving half done in my mind to hold me hostage - I do not believe she did this on accident as she knows QB backwards and forwards - I have another business QB account and she released it to me fully and correctly.  

Of course, the easy way is to pick a % number and hope it is close to accurate; or that you have buckets of money when something "unexpected" needs immediate replacement.

Is it worth doing option 1 now or down the line, or not at all when I could easily do option 2 and save any potential risk with inspectors, neighbors, unexpected costs. 

Although their algorithm for catching those is buggy, so you might be able to sneak some rooms in (I did by accident).I use tenant cloud for my listings (free), then advertise on the sites already mentioned up top.Thanks, 

If you knowingly or accidently cross a line, it is much more likely to hit the radar of your HOA before anyone is Raleigh notices.

Have any of the properties you've dealt with seen unexpected profit loss from such acts?

I understand encountering unexpected maintenance/cap ex, but unexpected property tax should not occur.