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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StLPro2A" data-source="post: 3617648" data-attributes="member: 48052"><p>People that have no skin in the property rarely ever take good care of it.  That's what damage and rent deposits are for.  Often, requiring those as LARGE deposits will keep the lower riffraff out as they can't make the deposits.  Take move in pics with the new renters in attendance with both parties signing and dating pics.  If the renter doesn't want to do this, refuse to rent to them.  Have this stipulation in the rental agreement.  Have realized that paying a good property management company to handle tenant finding/vetting, rent collection, service issues, deposit retention, condition arbitration, etc. is a great deal.  Money is a replenishable resource; heartbeats not......stress/conflict waste those heartbeats.</p></blockquote><p></p>