I had to have the police give a tresspass order to a "bad kid" that was causing problems at one property, and that stopped the problem.Can you have them drop it off at the bank instead, posted to your account? 

You don’t have a “bad month” because there is always good and always bad.

The number 1 mistake I see new investors make is buying in bad neighborhoods.

All in all, the 1031 still isn't a bad tool. 

Best is to research an area before investing in it otherwise you are putting yourself at high risk and you don't want to make mistakes at the start of your investing journey that will leave you with a bad taste of real estate investing. 

Bad time to buy now.

However, the path to that smoothness is constant bumps :-)  It's not "bad" it's just a very different way of doing things.

I am considering a greater discount off the $1500 rent, trying to work out a per diem amount for the “bad days”, or putting tenants up in a hotel.

For me, I have to admit that #1 has slowed me down along with fear of making a bad financial decision.  

Man, I have such bad news for you.