Most important tenant attribute?

[Quentin Mitchell]

So lets you have a tenant that pays there rent every month, a little late but pays it every month, but keep the house immaculate and takes really good care of the property. Then you have another tenant that pays early every month like clockwork but is not as neat and doesn't take care as good of care of the property, which would you rather have?

I think I would take the late-paying tenant because the maintenance is probably going to be less because of how well they take care of the house.

What are your thoughts?

[Jim K.]

I do the maintenance on my properties, so no, I take the tenant who pays early every month like clockwork EVERY SINGLE TIME.