Remember, you'll still do the Tenant Screening and make decisions on new tenants. 

Now that is not to say it might not be more involved than that for you on your particular unit but if you screen well and teach your tenants how to pay you without you having to go collect rent then I see no reason why you cannot manage it from your phone and go visit when you are in town.

My name is Rick Stewart and if you contact me via social media (this website does not allow posting email or I would),  I can give you court documents and my attorney's information to verify that after THREE MONTHS of receiving zero rent, we had to forcefully evict (unlawful detainer) the tenant that Mario/Bridgehouse screened and moved in.

This reserve fund cushion is critically important to maintaining predictable cash flow.To keep down costs, the cash flow investor must do careful tenant screening. 

It does require some more management but we have found with the right screening that it has paid off for us.

Looking for ideas on how to screen International student applicants who do not have a SSN for rentals.

I know screening tenants is the first priority to have a successful rental.

We use our long-term lease agreement documents for these rentals and haven't had an issue, we screen them like long-term tenants.

I'd hate for her to find out about the guy on the second floor, get scared off, and ask to be let out of the lease.Also, is there something I could've done differently about my screening process to have avoided this issue?

I find that if you accept pets you need to be extra diligent with your screening process of the individual.