It still baffles my mind when I hear a landlord didn't do a
tenant credit and background check before handing over a set of keys to a new tenant only to find out the guy was a dead-beat loser criminal who couldn't be bothered to pay rent and sold drugs out the apartment and basically destroyed the place.
If you are new to property management or are thinking about buying your first investment property - do yourself a favor and learn how to be a professional property manager. Learn the ropes of
how to select and retain good tenants and hopefully you won't run into this sort of problem ever again.