The habits will determine your success.

I too need constant reminding that its not worth doing it myself most of the time....hardest habit to break.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

The value offered is very hard to quantify and too easy to fudge.Also, in my experience, the biggest obstacles to success are rarely technical; rather, they are nearly always about your mental state, habits, and beliefs. 

If you get a tenant who makes a habit of not paying rent - they likely know how to game the system and can drag the eviction out for months.

I don't know, do you normally make it a habit of pissing away $36K? 

If she wants to stay tell her that the apartment she rented is how it will stay and only repairs necessary for habitability will be done.

So, I'd say everyone should make a habit of working out from to time, I don't see how it wouldn't benefit them regardless of profession

The unit needs to be habitable. 

The chemistry between him and other roommates isn’t quite there (such as cleaning habits and sleeping habits).he doesn’t clean up after himself in the restroom or kitchen very well and decides to cook late at night and play piano at 1am.