I am a chef by trade, so have a thick skin.

I'm more apt to lend to ladies in the network because I know they have skin in the game. 

I think you also have to be someone with pretty thick skin to deal with longer-term tenants. 

Heck take them to the car wash first if you want to, no skin off my back.

Do open houses.....time saver and multiple people at the same time drive competitionBe realist on your price....shop you are like you are a tenant and only compare things that really match..... not just bedroom and bath numbers....need to look at age of unit. location, condition.....when we have skin in the game we tend to get emotional about what the place is worth... the market drives that....not your emotional connectionDO NO BE DESPERATE..... wait for a good candidate, not just A candidate.... vacancy is scary but a bad tenant is a nightmare....

-I split all utilities equally between all roommates so everyone has skin in the game.

Maybe it’s time for a PM to step in going forward one with thicker skin 

This is a case where you could probably be pretty transparent with the LO who has given up, "hey I want to give it a whack elsewhere, no skin off your back since you've given up anyways... will you shoot me the 3.2 file?" 

I would much rather have a vacant unit than have someone move in without any skin in the game. 

Seems to me You are going to need thicker skin or hire on a property manager going forward .