Unfortunately that doesn't mean you'll be able to escape easily.

My first hand experience with travelling to MANY countries the last few years points this problem out quite easily.

I live and work in the Bay Area but want to eventually relocate to Oregon, have family near Medford, and feel that I'd be able to travel there fairly easily when necessary. 

If he did a 15-year he could easily beat your $100 minimum, even after adding in the taxes and insurance originally left out.

That's more typical and something tenants can more easily wrap their head around.

You cannot liquidate them easily.

For this reason, if a tenant calls due to a malfunction of the smoke detectors and a technician is dispatched, you can have the following outcomes:Technician determines the smoke detectors were faulty, and replaces - owner chargeTechnician determined the smoke detectors batteries needed replacing - tenant chargeIf written into the lease that the tenant is responsible for such replacement and the detector was easily reachable, - if not or if the tenant is elderly or disabled, assume reasonable accommodation: owner charge=time/labor & tenant charge=battery costWhere the property manager must be mindful is in the allocation of the owner's resources (money).

There is no easy way to keep rents at market and poor tenant management can easily bankrupt a investor.

I can see how he could easily justify his actions, but I can also see how he could have lost in a court room because it came down to interpretation of the meaning of the regulations involved.

As for the plumbing there was only two minor leaks in two of the bathrooms, which could be fixed easily by myself.