If not, I would like to learn from you why you think it is sufficient.Reaching out to local property manager for real rent and vacancy values is a great idea, I will implement that. 

I would severely limit my prospective tenant pool by implementing a restriction.

Blank profiles on a colleague request is like someone texting you "Hey" and nothing elseBP has made it easy for new members to update their profiles.If someone is new to BiggerPockets BUT has a presence on LinkedIn, Youtube, other social media profiles, website, etc, they can add their links and we can check those platforms to see what they're about.Agreed on filling out the bare minimum - what do you do, what are you looking to do, where are you located, etc.Hopefully new folks find this and implement!

I assume he will try to implement the same strategy?

Could be anything —• A screening question you added• A maintenance workflow that saved you headaches• A tool/software feature you discovered• Something you implemented with tenants that reduced calls• Or even just something simple that improved your sanity 😅I’ll start: For me, adding a required “hold fee” for out-of-state applicants dramatically cut down on last-minute drop-offs.

The forum implementation/functionality is poor.  

Also, as a preventive measure in our property managment business, we started to implement checks in place to avoid this from happening in the future such as no undisclosed pets allowed, tenant is responsible for all pet related damage including odor remediation costs are billable in the lease, we charge pet fees as well and periodic inspections. 

I emailed Mick Wright with my grievance and he responded saying the "[Shelby County Clerk's office] is a separately elected office that does not report to the county commission, so there is little I can do personally to directly implement the needed policy changes. 

We needed an alternative to the percentage-markup model.What we’ve implemented over the past week is a 0% percentage markup and instead added a 25% resort fee to each booking.

Many years ago, as fracking was being implemented at various gas fields, I went virtually all in on some mineral rights that were largely valued on their current non fracking extraction.