Even good tenants, which you’d presumably get with a 400k property can be bad if you don’t screen properly

Then you screen, screen, SCREEN! 

., TV commercials, radio ads, motivated seller website, SEO, pay per click/adwords, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online advertising and boosted/promoted social media postings.Bottom line is consistency.

Some paint companies like Sherwin williams have programs where you can put your pix into the program and it will put their colors on your walls on screen. 

I’d get a judgement and also take a look at screening process.

I'm looking for some advice on screening and than choosing a Tenant.I have a duplex that I am house hacking.

Screening is the best way to mitigate your risks of renting to a bad tenant moving forward, and you're already asking a lot of the right questions now that you've gone through this first bad eviction experience.

When dealing with tenants is best to choose your battles and most lawn care battles aren't worth fighting.If you are insistent on having the yard maintained to a high standard, then it is best to screen for that in a tenant from the beginning.

We ask for full name, income, when they want to move, and reason for moving as a basic pre-screen. 

Screen everyone the same.