For instance, one of my tenants moved his girlfriend in, and since his lease states that only one person is to be occupying the apartment I can demand extra $$ to cover the increased utility usage...Kelly

Soon there will be more renters looking to move, so you should not be desperate and take somebody that short on the move in money.

@Bryan Dracka , I have never been interested in 1 bedroom houses (there may be nothing wrong with them they just don't fit my portfolio) and I don't know Lincoln Park but it should be fairly easy to determine if there is a demand for this type of housing.

They will demand higher level execution.

That may then alter demand and supply within the sector (total demand and inventory levels).

She must make a demand for payment before calling the entire balance due, if she does contact an attorney and turn the payment letters over to them.

It shows laziness and ignorance, like most under 35, you want it the easy way upon demand, least amount of effort possible.

Of course, this depends on whether there is demand for that, but there is demand in most reasonably sized cities.

One factor is time demands of your current profession.

Writing a good demand letter that will motivate a current or past tenant to pay up is an art.Collection agencies can help in some cases, but I've learned if the judgement is not in the thousands they won't put many resources into it and the chances of their collecting from someone who doesn't care about their credit is minimal.