Occasionally an exception is made.1.

So, for instance, when I decided I'd take someone with zero credit if they were a student or on an immigrant visa as a student or employee, I'd add that to my written criteria and email it to myself.There are occasionally really weird situations where an adult of over 40 years old, for instance, has zero credit, and they would be Americans born in America, but chose to stay off the grid. 

In those cases, you need a good track record of what a running average (12 months, to account for all seasons) of utilities costs per month, include it in the rent in some fashion, and be sure to occasionally revisit your 12-month running average costs with your provider to ensure you're recapturing those costs. 

Sometimes it helps to get creative...Now, on a personal level, I'm active duty military, so we've been frequent renters and occasional buyers of SFH... wall and carpet color don't matter to me one bit... but they DO matter to my wife. 

He provides his perspective occasionally on his podcast (and has an episode where he talks about it in depth), plus he apparently practices what he preaches by minimizing equity, even in his personal residence (he says). 

Occasionally, the owner would want me to just hire an electrician or plumber, etc., if the job was something he didn't want to deal with or knew how to do.

One has been paying late but she had did that occasionally before coronavirus hit.

The tenant has access to backyard (not in lease but offered as a freebie) it's in decent shape with not trees or plants whatsoever but my neighbor's back yard is lush green and some of his plants creep into the backyard.There will be occasional uninvited guests such as Centepedes and Beatles when the tenant opens his door.Now they are asking me to call in for an exterminator,the previous tenant never once mentioned it to me.Its not an infestation so I think it doesn't require me to call for an exterminator,it's not an infestation per se.How do I handle this demanding tenant?

You can't grow a flourishing mustache and make extravagant promises about your "gently pre-owned vehicles" as a used car salesman.

the agent I was working with would occasionally share a blog post on his facebook page.