Here are common legal grounds for evicting a tenant:Failure to Pay Rent on timeFailure to pay rent is one of the most common reasons to evict tenants.

Probate, tax liens, pre-foreclosure, expired listings, etc.

This increased the required household income to purchase the median-priced home by $6,400, to $119,700, after also accounting for the cost of tax and insurance.

Six Areas of Focus:Florence OR - Proposed regulation but nothing formal yet..within city limits properties are eligible for STR usages with a business license to remit local occupancy taxes. 

The first approved applicant is offered the rental and I give them 24 hours to pay the deposit and sign the agreement.

You can charge your tenants back or pay for the metering company to charge them for you.

She had on demand PDF's of her last years tax return, bank statements and CC statements.

I would like to know what my options are to make sure tenants in a duplex are actually paying their water bills.

Major remodels generally don't pay back in value unless the comps in the area have certain features. 

One way to handle this is to stay in the house while it is vacant, or pay a friend to house sit until you find a tenant.