Lessons learned?

Some of you may have read our post last year, but in short our first rental property was victim to a fire - So we tore it down and built ourselves an awesome, waterfront home to be used as our primary residence. 

Lessons learned?

Lessons learned?

Lessons learned?

. -- Anything that helps them increase the value, safety, or enjoyment of their real estate - or their future real estate - is a no-brainer.

If you're interested in the safety of the neighborhood, Trulia has really awesome tools to check the crime around a house/surrounding area.

Lessons learned?

Lessons learned?

He is month to month, and I let him know I am not going to have him here for September (i.e. 30 days notice, so August would be his last month).I would like to get him to leave sooner if legally possible, for my peace of mind and the safety and comfort of future tenants, if I rent other rooms in the house.