My thoughts were to give all of them a chance to renew a lease with me if they can meet the conditions of the new lease, i.e. new deposits for pets, removing dead vehicles, increased rents, etc...

In one condo we have you can't have your trash cans outside, you can only have one pet 40 lbs or less, no sat dish on building.

Apartment is smoke free and pet free.

Now here is what nobody like to hear, Cleveland tenants are somewhat unstable and like to move alot, they also mostly all like to have pit bulls as pets, they will come to look an apt and give you a deposit and then a week later after you took apt off the market, they call you and want deposit back, so you just lost time & money!

INCOME4110 · LAUNDRY INCOME1,126.734115 · LEGAL/EVICTION FEES236.004125 · PET FEE137.724130 · LATE FEES560.004177 · NSF FEE25.00Total 4101 · MISC.

There could also be legal ramifications and you can be taken advantage of by your tenants, if you do not structure Lease Agreements correctly, segregate deposits such as Security, Damage, Pet, etc.

Maybe the way they manage, how long they've owned it, pet policies, who pays what utilities, etc.  

People sign leases stating that they agree to no pet policies all the time, yet, they still bring them in.

Think of all the things that could go wrong and see if the lease addresses them: unauthorized pets or tenants, early termination, security deposit, lease violations, late rent, eviction, lawn maintenance, parking, etc.5.

There is a lease in place, with a security and pet deposit that was transferred to us at closing from previous owners.Do we need to sign a new lease, or would the one that tenant signed with the previous owners suffice?