I really enjoy renting to students, I have never had any problems with them (besides the occasional boyfriend moving in and ticking off the other girls) but I think I will be taking more regular people for the next couple of years until we see what happens long term with Higher Ed. 

If they balk, then they probably know it won't be approved.Inquiries for rentals don't normally send up lots of red flags.I'd occasionally get an applicant who wanted me to use a report they'd run themselves.  

I will occasionally do a quick drive by the property to see how the outside is being kept, lawncare etc.  

An occasional rip in the felt is worth several $ thousand a year in new revenue, although I don’t recall any such repairs in the last 10 years.People do play on their devices, but like some element of novelty - that is why they are renting a cabin to begin with.We had a client in the Blackbear Falls area with no game table.  

I’ve got 2 STRs where my partner does the day to day management while I’m boots on the ground to find deals, and check in occasionally on the property.

Occasionally I will have a tenant move out in less than a year, maybe 10% of the time.  

If on the other hand you buy in quality neighborhoods with high rental demand, then high quality properties attract high quality tenants that are willing and able to pay a higher rent to live there and your screening job is 90% complete right out of the gate ... still need to reserve 10% because there are nut jobs and basket cases applying to rent occasionally in any market, but then if you have a line of otherwise qualified tenants also wanting to rent your property as you would in such a neighborhood then it is much easier to tell them to "GTFO" as Amit M. so eloquently put it :)

And I got four huge coconut trees that occasionally drop bombs randomly in the front of the property.

I'll eventually invest in the county.OTC can uncover an occasional gem.

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.