The military gives a stipend to personnel to live off base and you can report problem military tenants and swift action will be taken as it's the U.S. governments money.Most of these dumpy 4-plex's bring in about $200-$250 per unit.

I swiftly cancelled all my plans to become an international DJ and started hanging out with military instead.also under the Liberals we lost our democracy. we didn't recognize it right away the way you Americans are vigilant about. when I wrote my MP I received a condescending photocopied reeducation letter in the mail. when I wrote the newspaper I received a threatening phone call and notified the police. those were my first clues at that time.Canadians voted in a Conservative minority government who have been picking up the huge mess particularly in the area of crime and public safety. recently the minority parties tried to take over the government in a non-elected way and there was a public outcry which they completely ignored. the Queen sent her representative to shut down our government for weeks.

Our dollar has less buying power and thus the price on many goods we import are higher.When the dollar does improve, I think the burst of the oil bubble will be fast and swift.

You need to know the law like the back of your hand, have policies and procedures in place to deal with problems swiftly/accurately/legally every single time, and be prepared to deal with tenants that push back hard or try to take you to court.

@Carlos Enriquez - I've found a great 2 step program for this sort of problemStep 1: estimate how much money this mistake has/will actually cost you (I'd guess about $5K or less here, couple thousand for eviction and couple thousand in lost rents).Step 2: relish in the fact that you learned a valuable lesson (get estoppel, payment history and leases) for only $5K which is a cheap education compared to the $20K programs that gurus are selling and/or many other forms of "education".Nothing drives a lesson home like a swift kick to the wallet and at the end of the day this should just be a small road bump on a long fruitful journey.

@lynnmLynn, if you want to tell me who the lender is, I can probably steer you in the direction of a more swift resolution.

The laminate I am looking at is swift-lock from Lowes it's not the cheapest it's slightly above it at about $1.50/sf I plan on installing it myself(only about 550/sf total) or I could get cheap carpet and have it installed.

There are also publications such as Marshall and Swift that they will look to.The best appraisal is direct sales comparison for any property.  100 unit apartment will sell for what similar 100 unit apartments have sold for adjusted for specific differences. 

Vacuum your car after visits too.Fleas require immediately, swift, unrelenting action.  

Being swift, polite, fair and firm.