This is why you need to be able to check out applicants thoroughly, and I'm not talking about buying a report from an online agency.

I think it also locked him into using the PM for add on lines of business like using their repair services or something similar.This shows that you value the owner's business, but you want them to show loyalty in exchange for holding them in place. 

Does anyone have any tips or tricks as to the cheapest/most useful updates that not only are eye catching to a potential tenant, but increase property value at the same time? 

I went with Riverwoods Flooring (online with free shipping).

I looked up the property using the address online.

It is at a cost of $40 per adult.For Tenant, after showing if they are interested in signing a lease: 1.Fill out preliminary application.2.Verify application for 3 times monthly rent income, pay stubs, no felony, no evictions, at least 1 year on job.3.Query all adult names in state Courts Online system.4.Query Facebook.5.Query County Assessor page for properties in their name (foreclosure?)

@Aaron Beauchamp thanks for the tip!

I like having educated tenants, who I can communicate with easily (email/text), tend to be cleaner, can pay me online, have jobs and lives that are more stable and keep them busy and mostly out of trouble.They tend to be pretty transparent.

It's the kind of neighborhood we all dream about:  high 'walk score', safe feel, coffee shops, theaters, low crime, high rents, and LOTS of renovations happening on older homes all summer long. 

@Scott Jackelen I’ll tell you but you’ll be surprised to know they don’t have an online store or catalog.