Virginia landlord tenant law is fairly specific about proper steps to take, so follow it. 

First you schedule a walk thru of apartment so you know if you want to renew them or not,, crappy house keeping,, what ever is almost good enough reason for me not to renew.Download a lease renewal form,, give within proper notice period,Raise rent if it warrants a raise, you need to market check your area.. 

Is there anything i can do in the real estate community for someone that can bring in the proper funds to land my first deal.

They moved the bulk of their possessions out by October 31st, with a few odd items taken out over the next week.I probably should talk to a lawyer to make sure I'm doing everything in the proper way. 

In MA, you cannot rent to a family with children under the age of 6 if you don't have a lead certificate on file, which means it's been tested by a lead inspector and made safe by a licensed deleader.

We had checked references and verified he was licensed, bonded and insured the first time we worked with him.

Hello fellow Real Estate Professionals,I just passed my brokers exams in Colorado, and am now searching for a Brokerage to hang my license.

My question - do you think its worthwhile to get someone who is licensed (and pay the extra $1000 - piece of mind) or try some of these other guys off of facebook, craigslist, etc (WITH the assumption that their references and insurance checks out).

We, as RE professionals can limit exposure for ourselves and our clients by implementing prudent due diligence on tenants; by ensuring our tenants are properly licensed, operating within the law and keeping their operations to code the changes of the DEA / DOJ seizing assets is (in my opinion) next to zero.

I hope I can explain my dilemma properly.