Funny, mine have been the opposite. 100% of my selected tenants have been the ones who took the application home and faxed/emailed it to me by the deadline.

Should you enter the "buy and hold" game, these skills will be very valuable with regard to tenant selection/retention/elimination.

When you buy a home for yourselves, you have selectability; when you sell, you don't.

Allen, I would suggest selecting one market to focus on to start out.

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Finally rented it out but didn't do anything right in tenant selection but didn't get burned.

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I have used Home Surplus in Keyport for cabinets and doors but lately disappointed with price increases (all plywood,full raised wood front panels, no slam drawers and decent selection).

Aly NA it's not about the service company (clearnow or erentpayments) as both offer ACH (electronic banking) if you select the correct option from erentpayments.