Yeah, get bad tenants out and properly screen new ones!

No cigarette in hand, because as soon as he sees my screen door open, he stubs out his cig.When they (the smoker guy and his girlfriend) signed the lease, I reiterated to them very strongly that there is no smoking allowed anywhere on the premises, and they initialed that page of the lease that includes the no smoking clause, in italics.  

Internet and Netflix via an extender on our home network, but no cable TV.  

- and I stock up when they do.Cozy.co for tenant screening and online payment.

It's really just a smoke screen to decrease density.

If the PM is screening correctly an eviction should be a fairly rare occurrence. 

Get some landlords who actually care about screening their tenants and making the world better for their neighbors.  

Still waiting to hear back from him, but his work will include: repairing a few sections of roof, reshingling one side of the mansard roof, metal capping all window trim, replacing a few broken window sashes, getting screens made for all windows, routing gutters to the appropriate drains.Progress has been slow because I only get a few hours in a few days per week after my school day.

Other than, turn off the TV!

If you are investing in the high cash flow part of town, your property management team and tenant screening procedures will make or break you.