They deal with this stuff daily and will have all the answers for you. 

Another successful method could be the daily charge, but maybe $5/day or something like that (again, reflective of the rent your charging).Keep in mind, your goal is to never charge a late fee. 

I've subscribed to a few newsletters - ATB Financial's The Owl and Canadian real estate wealth/news helped me start to get acquainted with the vocabulary and trends on a near daily basis.

Lenders too, though we tend to already be pretty good at math - it's just new equations that need to become part of our daily vocabulary *on top of* fannie/freddie/fha/va ways of doing math.We have an entire generation of people screwing themselves out of homeownership because they are listening to their parents, except for those among them that are going to be doctors/lawyers/accountants/programmers/etc.

@David BeckleyYep none of them resulted in a lead, I do have a script that I use, its the same one that Michael Quarles uses in his daily deals podcast.

This is my daily mantra.

Call it tea leaves or whatever.

Also keep adding to my list daily of other properties that I drive by or my bird dogs send me.

In some areas of Illinois, the regional state EPA is pushing for daily testing.

Keep up the daily effort and don't forget to keep making offers on more homes even though you already have this one.